The Chromium SWT add-on should absolutely bundle Chromium - that's the best guarantee that the browser capabilities will be consistent across platforms, and the best user experience. Every app on your phone that uses any VM bundles the VM, and many bundle a browser as well. Desktops have more disk than a phone, so it's hard to justify trading stability for a slimmer disk profile than a phone app.
Regarding IP, the following companies have launched a product on top of Electron: Slack, Microsoft, Basecamp, Brave, Nylas - dozens of others, open and closed source. If our goal is to ensure corporate friendly licensing, clearly there's a path which enables that.
