Yes, you assume correctly -- it would be competitive-browser suicide to turn on by default. Thinking either that we would do such a thing, or that I'd pander with such a non-starter (or pander at all, at my age and lack of political ambition) is just dumb.
What would be smart, which we are looking at: adopting, supporting, and bundling Tor (opt-in). As I tweeted.
What would be smart, which we are looking at: adopting, supporting, and bundling Tor (opt-in). As I tweeted.