I'm sure they don't see any value in maintaining a browser. The attitude nowadays seems to be that good software is simply a means to deliver ads and paid up-s

I'm sure they don't see any value in maintaining a browser. The attitude nowadays seems to be that good software is simply a means to deliver ads and paid up-sells while sucking up as much personal information as possible. Why bother building something when you can just slap some lipstick on an existing pig and get to the same level of user exploitation with far less effort?