What do they get from that? I don't think they want to compete with chromeOS, I think they want to sell chromeOS. The only person who would benefit from that

What do they get from that? I don't think they want to compete with chromeOS, I think they want to sell chromeOS. The only person who would benefit from that is you which is why people buy them and install ubuntu. I use a chrome book for my daily driver. I used to want a ubuntu machine with chrome but after a little effort and getting a setup of crouton that works for me, I actually just want a browser with a shell. Which part is primary and which is secondary is really semantics when I get to working. I do everything in the browser or the shell with the exception of password safe which is an android app run inside the browser. I'd also like the android kindle app but that is blocked form working for some reason (I believe on amazon's side).