[modeless]

> Will Google allow you to install a patched version on a native Chrome OS notebook?

The answer is an unqualified yes. According to Google, jailbreak mode is a feature of Chrome OS hardware. On the Cr-48, it requires flipping a small switch under the battery.

[dochtman]

If it's a hardware feature, who knows what the other hardware vendors will do with that?

[modeless]

You don't have to buy that hardware. The point is Google is all in favor of you having control.