>I have a hard time understanding robot detection as an issue of "user freedom" or "browser competition".
The big one is that running a browser other than Chrome (or Safari) could come to mean endless captchas, degrading the experience. "Chrome doesn't have as many captchas" is a pretty good hook.
The big one is that running a browser other than Chrome (or Safari) could come to mean endless captchas, degrading the experience. "Chrome doesn't have as many captchas" is a pretty good hook.