Whatever this move is supposed to do, I guarantee you its #1 goal is to help Google first, and this being some kind of positive for users (not necessarily a net positive, just "a" positive) will be a side-effect at best (after all, everything in life comes with some kind of positive and some kind of negative benefit).
It's how Google has approached most things lately. "Oh yeah, we're removing this API for user security. No, it has nothing to do with the same move killing ad-blockers in one blow, why do you ask?! And we're very offended you even think we'd do it for that reason! We'd never..."
It's how Google has approached most things lately. "Oh yeah, we're removing this API for user security. No, it has nothing to do with the same move killing ad-blockers in one blow, why do you ask?! And we're very offended you even think we'd do it for that reason! We'd never..."