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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.
Chromebok was originally marketed as a simple, no-nonsense laptop and that's what it is. All iterations since have been useful but did anyone really believe it was going to be a ThinkPad killer?
Typical 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 should be eligible for a refund, file a complaint with consumer protection. In most places it is illegal to mislead customers and market products with planned features that you do not deliver on in a reasonable timeframe.
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For what it is worth, my current chrome book that was about £150 12 months ago has both linux and app support. From what I understand about it, it is a linux kernel + driver issue. I do not know if this means it is the manufacturer of the chromebook's "fault", or google's "fault" for not supporting these things. E.g. does the manufacturer need to do a new build for their hardware? I don't know.
Why is the manufacturer even involved in this? I thought all updates come straight from google? I have zero sympathy for Google at this point. It is one thing that the drivers are not all free and open source but Google should at least require that Google has access to the drivers or software it needs to keep devices up to date. If a vendor doesn’t do that, don’t do business with that vendor.
The chromebooks do update themselves all the time but I gues there is some more fundamental stuff that requires more low-level changes.
How will google pivot away when entire companies are dependent on their service staying up ?
Sometimes I think Google should simply spin off less than super profitable ventures into a small company and host it under alphabet.
As long as the service breaks even with employees working on Google wages, it can stay up. Once it goes into losses, the company can file for bankrupcy or move employees back to google.
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Why is the manufacturer even involved in this? I thought all updates come straight from google? I have zero sympathy for Google at this point. It is one thing that the drivers are not all free and open source but Google should at least require that Google has access to the drivers or software it needs to keep devices up to date. If a vendor doesn’t do that, don’t do business with that vendor.
Well I think it is more "this feature requires kernel 4.x, but the drivers for this manufacturer's hardware do not support 4.x, so we cannot offer this feature without losing sound/WiFi/touchpad/etc" The chromebooks do update themselves all the time but I gues there is some more fundamental stuff that requires more low-level changes.
When Google first announced all the way back in 2016 that it would end support for Chrome apps on Windows, macOS, and Linux, it said approximately one percent of users on those platforms were actively using packaged Chrome apps. The move was announced in 2016. Apps are used by 1% of users.
Chrome claims it has 1 billion users, thats 10,000,000 users of chrome apps, 1/6 of the french population.
Of course I myself never used them, I learned not to trust any Google product to begin with. These are the kind of decisions that will damage Google on the long run. I've heard that Stadia is not doing so well...
Typical 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.
The project is dead now, but since your device is older, there's a fair chance it's supported.
I used it for a Chromebox and the process was pretty straightforward.
https://johnlewis.ie/custom-chromebook-firmware/rom-download...
I feel like chrome apps were actually ahead of their time and very much better than embedding a full browser per app with electron. Of course, they were not perfect but IHMO made much more sense than what we have today, at least on a technical standpoint and could have evolved into something truly great.
I.i.r.c. Chrome Apps are compiled binaries specific for Chrome (NaCL), they're more like Flash, Java or Webassembly applications.
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Why is the manufacturer even involved in this? I thought all updates come straight from google? I have zero sympathy for Google at this point. It is one thing that the drivers are not all free and open source but Google should at least require that Google has access to the drivers or software it needs to keep devices up to date. If a vendor doesn’t do that, don’t do business with that vendor.
I guess it depends if they've done something funny when producing it? I've had the odd PC motherboard and laptop that won't work right with drivers from the manufacturer (intel/amd/nvidia), they need the specific gigabyte or asus provided driver package. Usually a sound problem. This might explain the wide range of bluetooth complaints. My dell xps 13" touchpad drivers didn't work from synaptics, it had to be from de…
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Well I think it is more "this feature requires kernel 4.x, but the drivers for this manufacturer's hardware do not support 4.x, so we cannot offer this feature without losing sound/WiFi/touchpad/etc" The chromebooks do update themselves all the time but I gues there is some more fundamental stuff that requires more low-level changes.
What I’m saying is Google should require access to the source code and the right to modify it. At that point, it is Google’s responsibility to make any changes to keep it compatible with the latest kernel.
1 - https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en