I mean, on balance, compared with the IE reigning years, Chromium is better than that, and its been mostly (again, from a developer perspective) a net positive

I mean, on balance, compared with the IE reigning years, Chromium is better than that, and its been mostly (again, from a developer perspective) a net positive in day to day developers lives that Chrome has not stagnated and new features ship. That however, is not to say that its okay. There's other, broader issues than just developer experience to care about here, like what a Google dominated web means, because via Chrome, they can push a great deal around how the web actually works, which is a net loss to society. It can stifle other innovations. Things of that nature. Good DX isn't the whole story