I agree. This is an odd choice. I was just about to move off Chrome and onto Opera because of all the great enhancements it's made, but a key feature for me is computer to phone sync. Not having my bookmarks really limits the viability of the offering. I don't always browse on laptop and then continue on ios (flow). Sometimes I am just using the phone browser on its own and want to start from certain bookmarks.

I agree. This is an odd choice. I was just about to move off Chrome and onto Opera because of all the great enhancements it's made, but a key feature for me is computer to phone sync. Not having my bookmarks really limits the viability of the offering. I don't always browse on laptop and then continue on ios (flow). Sometimes I am just using the phone browser on its own and want to start from certain bookmarks.