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> by making it difficult to manually extract passwords

Not true for Firefox. Just go the privacy settings, forms, saved logins.

That’s difficult for a common workflow. Going into “settings” for a password is as goofy as going into settings to look at your calendar.

What common workflow requires accessing usernames and passwords manually?

When the URL of the login form changes, or Firefox doesn't see it, or you need to log in to a mobile app

Similarly easy for Chrome - Settings -> Passwords then once OS password entered you can see each.