cups-browsed is installed by default because cups-daemon (quite rightly) recommends it. With the changed situation in CUPS and applications it would appear that cups-browsed has less relevance with regard to printer and print queue discovery and management. The Recommends field lists packages that would be found with the cups package because there is a strong dependency between it and cups-browsed. cups-browsed would still enhance cups if changed to a Suggests:.
With the recent vulnerability in cups-browsed, it may be a good idea to revisit this subject?