Why does the VPN need to be integrated into the browser itself?

I don't think it should. You think it should be a browser extension. I don't think it should either be integrated or a browser extension.

	▲	fortyseven an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think we can interpret "browser extension" as a catch-all for "not directly built into the browser", in whatever form that takes.
	▲	kotaKat 16 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Quite frankly I don't think it should be either. I'm sick of browsers trying to sidestep my operating system's networking stack (be it forcing their own DNS implementations for 'security' or now this BS).