Google saying buh-bye to Chrome Apps for Windows, Mac, Linux
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Google saying buh-bye to Chrome Apps for Windows, Mac, Linux
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New apps will be available only on Chromebooks by the end of this year, and will stop loading on non-Chrome OS machines in 2018.
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Google has touted its Chrome browser as all you need for desktop computing on any operating system. But the search giant said in a blog post Friday that it will gradually be phasing out the browser's apps for Windows, Mac and Linux machines.
... another good reason why you should never bet your piggy-bank on what any "really big company" (no matter how "big" it is ...) says is "the Next Big Thing.™"
To my way of thinking, Chrome has always bitten off more than it can chew. We never really needed a "Chrome OS," neither did we need (nor did we ask for ...) "Chrome Apps."
What did we need (and didn't get)?
A web browser that would let us forget about Internet Explorer.
A web browser that would let us forget about "Firefox version while (true) {version++};."
A generally useful tool that did not have Google's murky (and, as we now see, "ever changing ...") corporate agendas at heart.
A tool that was willing to exist in "the world as it is," instead of trying to introduce a "brave new world that isn't," and demanding that we all must conform to it "just because GoogleŽ ("ommmm ...") said so."
Last edited by sundialsvcs; 08-23-2016 at 06:14 PM.
... another good reason why you should never bet your piggy-bank on what any "really big company" (no matter how "big" it is ...) says is "the Next Big Thing.™"
To my way of thinking, Chrome has always bitten off more than it can chew. We never really needed a "Chrome OS," neither did we need (nor did we ask for ...) "Chrome Apps."
What did we need (and didn't get)?
A web browser that would let us forget about Internet Explorer.
A web browser that would let us forget about "Firefox version while (true) {version++};."
A generally useful tool that did not have Google's murky (and, as we now see, "ever changing ...") corporate agendas at heart.
A tool that was willing to exist in "the world as it is," instead of trying to introduce a "brave new world that isn't," and demanding that we all must conform to it "just because GoogleŽ ("ommmm ...") said so."
Well chrome OS does have its uses such as having ultra cheap laptops that actually work quite well, ChromeOS does get the job done for what it is worth of being a basic system that grandma can use. Personally if my grandmother was still alive I'd rather have her use Chrome OS then windows and yes even Linux
I guess this means I will need to figure out the location of the two or three extensions I use the most on Chrome and back them up on a thumb drive, if allowed by the EULA.
I guess this means I will need to figure out the location of the two or three extensions I use the most on Chrome and back them up on a thumb drive, if allowed by the EULA.
Regards...
No extentions are not being effected there is a difference between Chrome apps and extentions
Yeah I actually read what this was all about and to be honest the Chrome apps are useless on any other operating system anyway as you have your own native versions of calculators and stuff like that so really this is not a big deal
I'm just wondering how this will all play out on my Acer C710 chromebook that I am leaving stock.
Rumors are Android might be taking over operating system duties on certain chromebooks in the future.
Mine will probably not be one of the certain models included (Parrot operating system).
I'm just wondering how this will all play out on my Acer C710 chromebook that I am leaving stock.
Rumors are Android might be taking over operating system duties on certain chromebooks in the future.
Mine will probably not be one of the certain models included (Parrot operating system).
As long as it's a somewhat popular device with good hardware (preferably open*) all good. I didn't install any google services\apps along side my Cyanogenmod and love that (on a $10 rummaged kindle fire that some neighbors puppy chewed a corner and cracked the screen so I replaced it for $15. ) F-Droid is my app store.
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I didn't install any google services\apps along side my Cyanogenmod and love that (on a $10 rummaged kindle fire that some neighbors puppy chewed a corner and cracked the screen so I replaced it for $15. 
) F-Droid is my app store.
