Chrome organic growth was powered by a special confluence of historical events:

- IE was bloated and lazy from being dominant

- Google controlled one of the most visited websites in the world (pre-mobile appification)

- V8 performance boosted the web's then-cutting-edge js features

Those are huge tailwinds.

In contrast to now, where Chrome spends more time trying to deprecate mv2, link user browing to a Google identity, and find a way to recreate tracking cookies.

When's the last time Chrome shipped innovation that made users' lives measurably better? Per tab processes?