Same for me.

But the upsetting part is the attitude of the Chrome Team, who says "if you don't like it just use another browser".

Well, there are lots of things I like about Chrome; this seems too small a detail to stop using it. An option buried somewhere would make me completely happy.

"Too many user choices are bad", certainly; but advanced options are a different thing from decisions every user would have to make.

For now the only possibility is to download the source, set a boolean somewhere in the code, and compile your own version. How crazy is that?