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Does this have any effect on the seemingly small pool of games in the Chrome Store? Has anybody actually made money from that market?
It is possible to make some money on there. If you own a Chromebook with Chrome OS, it's the only place to get software. There is a torrent app for sale on the Chrome store for £1.89 and has over 50k installs: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jstorrent/anhdpjpo...
I've always been somewhat confused by chrome apps. How do (did) they differentiate themselves from extensions? Even Google seemed unsure about that as Hangouts has been available as both an extension as well as an app for quite some time. As a user I'm really glad to see this move, along with the move towards android apps on Chrome OS since I'm hoping it will unify the Google-driven ecosystem a bit more.
- Full TCP/UDP socket support (AFAIK this is never coming to the web platform)
- Bluetooth support (Web platform is getting this, though)
- Filesystem support (e.g. get persistent read/write access to user selected directory. Web platform probably won't get this)
Notably the socket and filesystem permissions are not available to extensions. Most of the other permissions though are available in extensions.
So in short, Google proves once again to _never_ take a bet on their technology.
I've always been somewhat confused by chrome apps. How do (did) they differentiate themselves from extensions? Even Google seemed unsure about that as Hangouts has been available as both an extension as well as an app for quite some time. As a user I'm really glad to see this move, along with the move towards android apps on Chrome OS since I'm hoping it will unify the Google-driven ecosystem a bit more.
Chrome apps can have extensive permissions that web platform does not provide. - Full TCP/UDP socket support (AFAIK this is never coming to the web platform) - Bluetooth support (Web platform is getting this, though) - Filesystem support (e.g. get persistent read/write access to user selected directory. Web platform probably won't get this) Notably the socket and filesystem permissions are not available to extensions…
Does this have any effect on the seemingly small pool of games in the Chrome Store? Has anybody actually made money from that market?
It is possible to make some money on there. If you own a Chromebook with Chrome OS, it's the only place to get software. There is a torrent app for sale on the Chrome store for £1.89 and has over 50k installs: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jstorrent/anhdpjpo...
"Starting in late 2016, newly-published Chrome apps will only be available to users on Chrome OS."
As someone who has been building a Chrome app this sudden change with a lack of notice has made me very nervous.
Does this mean postman app is gone as webapp ?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is possible to make some money on there. If you own a Chromebook with Chrome OS, it's the only place to get software. There is a torrent app for sale on the Chrome store for £1.89 and has over 50k installs: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jstorrent/anhdpjpo...
do 50k installs of this app equal 50k sales?
So what are developers of existing paid Chrome packaged apps suppose to do for existing users? "Starting in late 2016, newly-published Chrome apps will only be available to users on Chrome OS." As someone who has been building a Chrome app this sudden change with a lack of notice has made me very nervous.