I can only imagine the following panel of Popeye crushing a can of spinach open and then the next panel after that is an ambulance parked in front of their house, along with a police car.

About to? Judging from their actions it has been a prerequisite for a long time.

That’s fine. Those are the plugins you chose to install for your particular tastes and these are very important options to have available to the user should he choose to use them. That’s not what I meant by “smart” features.

What I don’t want is my browser with built-in modern equivalents of Bonzi Buddy that you can’t remove.

I see a web browser like a TV screen. An I need it to do is display the internet with nothing in the way. Any attempt to add built-in “smart” features to it will make it worse. If I want something else added to it, I’ll plug it in myself.