I imagine this move is because IE < 9 is being EOLed next year. At that point, it won't be getting security updates. Their new model of adding an IE plugin insi

I imagine this move is because IE < 9 is being EOLed next year. At that point, it won't be getting security updates. Their new model of adding an IE plugin inside of chrome, rather than a chrome plugin in IE seems like it would be a lot more secure. Also, this just means it won't be updated by google. Its open source, and im sure the community will continue to maintain it, and anyone who had it installed will continue to have it.