It's a shame, really. I used to play Granblue Fantasy with their Chrome app. It was very convenient and accessible.
Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
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Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#12Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#13Typical Google move. I have a Chromebook. It was listed on the models that would support Android app, this support never came (it's still "planned", 2 years later...). Support for Linux apps didn't come, either.
So now I suppose my Chromebook will be soon a useless brick. Thanks, Google. Got the message, I'll never use any product with your badge again.
Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#14Typical Google move. I have a Chromebook. It was listed on the models that would support Android app, this support never came (it's still "planned", 2 years later...). Support for Linux apps didn't come, either. So now I suppose my Chromebook will be soon a useless brick. Thanks, Google. Got the message, I'll never use any product with your badge again.
You say that, but you got a Chromebook despite everything Google did in the past. If people had gotten any message they'd have abandoned Google back in 2008.
Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#15Please excuse this naive question, but what is the point of ChromeOS/ChromeBook then?
If everything is now WebApp what's the point of an OS that can't run native App vs any other OS that can do both?
I must be missing something???
Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#16Typical Google move. I have a Chromebook. It was listed on the models that would support Android app, this support never came (it's still "planned", 2 years later...). Support for Linux apps didn't come, either. So now I suppose my Chromebook will be soon a useless brick. Thanks, Google. Got the message, I'll never use any product with your badge again.
You say that, but you got a Chromebook despite everything Google did in the past. If people had gotten any message they'd have abandoned Google back in 2008.
First they came for the Grand Central users, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Grand Central user.
Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#17Typical Google move. I have a Chromebook. It was listed on the models that would support Android app, this support never came (it's still "planned", 2 years later...). Support for Linux apps didn't come, either. So now I suppose my Chromebook will be soon a useless brick. Thanks, Google. Got the message, I'll never use any product with your badge again.
In fairness, they've enabled Android apps on an awful lot of Chromebooks: https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-suppo...
All new Chromebooks support Android apps afaik.
What model do you have?
Chrome OS is Linux (it runs the Linux kernel) – you mean your Chromebook doesn't yet support the greater Crostini project? https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/c...
What part of the Quickstart: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/c... doesn't work for you? It says “Make sure you're running at least R72 (released Feb 2019).”
Even though there's a lot of abandonware from Google, Android apps and Crostini on Chromebooks are not two of them. In fact, Android apps is one of the migration paths away from Chrome apps, a fact this article fails to mention.
Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#18Typical Google move. I have a Chromebook. It was listed on the models that would support Android app, this support never came (it's still "planned", 2 years later...). Support for Linux apps didn't come, either. So now I suppose my Chromebook will be soon a useless brick. Thanks, Google. Got the message, I'll never use any product with your badge again.
What model of Chromebook do you use? I've 2 chromebooks purchased around $120 each of which is at least 3 years old and I have had android apps since the day I first bought in 2017 and linux support (crostini) for at least a year.
Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#19Please excuse this naive question, but what is the point of ChromeOS/ChromeBook then? If everything is now WebApp what's the point of an OS that can't run native App vs any other OS that can do both? I must be missing something???
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Re: Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used
#20Note that Chrome Apps != Progressive Web Apps, which you can still install on desktop Chrome and the new Edge and hopefully will gain more traction.
My understanding is this is the direction they are heading and I don't see this as a bad move on their part for this reason. If they were getting rid of PWAs then I would be upset.