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Those users can continue using their coddling browsers on their coddling operating systems.


Most people are not technology professionals and enthusiasts like this forum is. Should normal people be forced to put their life savings on the line because they didn't understand the difference between Manifest V2/V3?


Again, "normal" people are welcome to continue using the browsers they're currently using.


Correct.

... That browser is Chrome. Chrome's massive install base means it is the browser of choice for people who need a coddling browser.

Much as with Windows becoming the dominant operating system resulting in Microsoft having to deal with botnets fabricated from thousands of compromised machines via forced security updates, the dominant system becomes heavily incentivized to protect the least capable users from their own bad decisions.




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