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Chrome is not just a wrapper. WebKit requires you to implement networking, graphics rendering, font rendering etc. There are huge differences between the different WebKit based browsers

Sure but you can just defer to the OS for the bulk of those services e.g. CoreGraphics, DirectWrite etc.

Things unique to Chrome that don't come from the OS: V8 Javascript engine, process isolation model, networking including new protocols like SPDY and possibly QUIC [1], auto-update (for browser and all apps and extensions) Chrome sync (for bookmarks, open tabs, apps, extensions). Don't forget that the Chrome team is now a major contributor to WebKit.

[1] https://plus.google.com/u/0/100132233764003563318/posts/b36w...

And WebKit is forked from KDE KHTML, Apple acquired FingerWorks for multitouch, C3 Technologies for 3D mapping and Siri (http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/04/28/apple-moves-d...)

So what's your point? Acquiring is bad?

But they did good job with them. YouTube, Maps and Android are on top in terms of market share and Chrome is on its way.

However, I feel that there is a big problem with Google: Customer Care.