"If you go to chrome://settings/adPrivacy you can turn off the spyware that got inserted into the latest version of Chrome."
And I found PaulG's tweet from this earlier Hacker News discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37392517
You can save the full content for indexing with full text search, and you can even export archives as tarballs by zipping up the directory. Many people find this a useful way to "mine" their own browser history to create a curated search engine aligned with your interests. Or simply to save the pages they browse for review offline--either to save bandwidth, or just because they're actually "offline"--at a remote site, or on an airplane.
Everything is saved in a fully interactive way. Personally tho, I find search the most useful feature. Also, we're open source so if you want to get involved, please do so!