Did they strip out all of Google's telemetry, dependencies, and spying?
Those are features that make google rich.
It's quite feature rich...
Such are added by Google to the Chromium- base. The source code can be compiled into a web browser.
Chrome has features that are not present in a default Chromium build. However, some are enabled or manually added to a Chromium build, for Linux distributions.[17]
As for options, I am not sure if Chrome even enables Ctrl+Tab toggle btwn most recently opened tabs yet. As if no one opens more than 2 or 3 tabs.
And
Upon its first release in September 2008 Chromium was criticized for storing saved passwords in a manner so that any casual user of a computer can easily read them from the GUI. Chromium users have filed many bug reports and feature requests asking for a master password option to access stored passwords, but Chromium developers have consistently insisted that this provides no real security against knowledgeable hackers. Users have argued that it would protect against co-workers or family members borrowing a computer and seeing the stored passwords in clear text. In December 2009, Chromium developer P. Kasting stated: "A master password was issue 1397. That issue is closed. We will not implement a master password. Not now, not ever. Arguing for it won't make it happen. 'A bunch of people would like it' won't make it happen. Our design decisions are not democratic. You cannot always have what you want."[24][25] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)#Differences_from_Google_Chrome
Yet despite its minimal interface and few options (yet better than Edge), because of mobile devices and marketing, and a largely superficial public, look at the