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by ChocolateGod 41 days ago
Unless Google have magically solved the Android update process, getting updates are the biggest downgrade when it comes to switching from ChromeOS to Aluminium OS.

Back to a world where every device needs the OS specifically built for it.
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iAMkenough 40 days ago
Makes sense why they branded these devices as Googlebooks instead of Chromebooks, so the user gets the impression that getting updates is one of the different things among many.

My point is that even though Chromebooks are a 15-year brand, there's no guarantee a Chromebook bought today will support the reconstructed OS successor to ChromeOS coming out in the next 2-3 years.

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ChocolateGod 40 days ago
There's no guarantee a Googlebook will get updated for 2-3 years, you're completely at the mercy of the OEMs.

What a great time for Linux zero-days to start popping up because OEMs won't update the kernels.

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