This is my point - Chrome isn't there to play dirty, it's there so competitors can't. But if it had to make money without Google all that BS would get bundled in the browser.
Like Manifest V3, which explicitly makes it harder to strip out Google's own ad products on websites you visit?
> without Google all that BS would get bundled in the browser.
Or maybe it wouldn't. There are already lots of other browsers that don't.
You crush up the bitter pill in a spoonful of jam to make it easier to digest.
> Is apple doing similar things with Safari for nefarious reasons?
Yes? Look at what they tried to get away with with PWAs as an example.
This is illegal for a reason. It does NOT benefit consumers to make it impossible for anybody to compete with you. This is anti-competitive, not competition.