> The "cruft" like bookmark syncing, password syncing, etc, has to come from somewhere. Google was is good a place as any to me.

More like: All that data is sent to the biggest advertisement company in the world. One has to wonder if they go through all the hassle of browser development for altruistic reasons or to make money off the gathered data?

It is baffling to me that something being open-source is more important than not letting your data be harvested by advertisers, potentially law enforcement, etc.