Re: Worst possible outcome
I don't think it helps chrome specifically. Chrome is cross platform and has good windows integration, so it is popular. However, safari is WebKit, konqueror is WebKit, chromium obviously is there on Linux. Brave is also chromium based. All these benefit from being able to render ms server output.
The question is really around the "extend" phase. Is this going to be a problem or have they just accepted their role as a downloader and are cutting costs?