[pjmlp]

Technically Chrome OS has some interesting bits, like its use of virtualization, containers, based on Rust and Go.

As general purpose OS, I never got the point of it.

Any OS other OS is able to offer browser juggling support alongside the benefits of having a proper OS, better hardware that a Web browser is capable of (does not matter how good is the GPU, Web GL 2.0 can only do so much).

And the security story is kind of meaningless when everything that matters is stored in someone else's computer, with the traffic going through Google's servers.

[zamadatix]

It's not targeting the general purpose OS market it's purpose built for specific kinds of customer use cases. Once you get past that it makes a lot of sense. Well not as in "it makes a lot of sense for you personally to go out and by" but it makes a lot of sense why it exists and sells so much.

[pjmlp]

That is the thing, it doesn't sell at all outside US School system, as the article points out.

[zamadatix]

Decently popular at SMB as well.

The point is it doesn't need to outsell Windows it just needs to have markets it targets and updates for those markets. That it doesn't have updates for markets it doesn't target is irrelevant unless they've maxed out all the markets they target (they haven't yet).

[ailideex]

I got one for my mom and I'm very happy with how low maintenance it is.

[pjmlp]

Are you also happy that your mum's stuff lives on Google servers?

'Cause I steer my folks away from such stuff.

[brewdad]

My Dad is in his 70s and lives the RV life now, usually from 3 time zones away. He's not going to run his own backup servers and I don't want to take 4am support calls. Google works fine for his use case.

[ailideex]

> Are you also happy that your mum's stuff lives on Google servers?

Incredibly.

[pawelmurias]

Yes

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> And the security story is kind of meaningless when everything that matters is stored in someone else's computer, with the traffic going through Google's servers.

It all depends on your threat model. Some people don't mind Google knowing everything about them, and are happy to reap the benefits of making that tradeoff.