>>105659707Here's how they often operate.
They think there's something that is flawed in terms of functionality or design. Popularity means fuck all, the argument is that people getting used to one particular method doesn't mean it's the best there will ever be. Tray icons are an example of this. They think tray icons are cancer. That they're a solution for a problem that shouldn't exist.
However, before coming up with anything better, even just by their own definition, they take the feature out. Why? Because it's extra maintenance. When they do implement an alternative, they also force you to use that alternative, since the original feature they want to get rid of isn't easily accessible. They cannot demonstrate that something they do is better without keeping the user away from what they want removed because ducklings exist. In the end they often provide no alternative, and everything takes 2 or 3 extra steps, and they'll come up with all sorts of excuses about it. Lord knows why they still support extensions, they clearly work against them.