[ahartmetz]

They are another somewhat closed ecosystem and becoming more closed over time. Better than a TV that runs Linux, (so far still) better than Android, worse than any "real" Linux distribution.

They are mostly on the wrong side in the war on general-purpose computing.

[rossy]

> They are mostly on the wrong side in the war on general-purpose computing.

All modern Chromebooks can be put into developer mode without opening the case, which gives you root access.

[Dylan16807]

They're pretty hostile to it though. With normal developer mode, every boot it actively prompts the user to factory wipe it!

[NewJazz]

And until very recently you could install whatever apk you wanted on your android phone.

[Max-Limelihood]

You still can.

[NewJazz]

That's changing though.