It works with most websites, it syncs my bookmarks across computers, lets me reuse my existing Google account instead of needing to make a new one, and I really don’t care about my data going to Google because I already give up my data in exchange for free services (which feels like a win-win).
Your opinion is exactly what they’re aiming for. Just waiting for people to become complacent enough for them to take over without any resistance at all.
Chrome isn’t a bad option because it’s not a good browser. Their goal is to make the best browser possible so that everyone switches to it.
It’s a bad option because if everyone uses a single browser, the developer of that browser owns all decisions about how the internet is allowed to be built. That isn’t a good thing. Not when Microsoft tried to do it, and not while Google is trying to do it.
If Google takes over development of all browsing options (including the ones that depend on it’s base code, like Edge), web-based tech will stagnate due to lack of competition (and so, a lack of the need to innovate), and privacy will disappear (even more than it already has). And good luck blocking ads in a browser that doesn’t allow the addons to function.
Google has proven itself to be a company that doesn’t just kill competition, but also it’s own projects if they don’t perform the way they want. They don’t care about proper copyright protection or enforcement, they don’t care about privacy, and they don’t care about you (no corporation does).