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I think you answered your own question: > ChromeOS itself is free to license for vendors If it's free, it's for a reason.

• geofft 10y ago
  That same logic applies to the Linux kernel, right?
  • grillvogel 10y ago
    Chrome OS is not open source.
    • xyzzyz 10y ago
      Chromium OS is, though. https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
      • grillvogel 10y ago
        yeah but how many of these K-12 educational chromebooks are going to get that installed on them? these just allow google to start tracking people even earlier in life than they may have otherwise been able to.
        • geofft 10y ago
          Once again, in what manner are these Chromebooks tracking people more than alternatives would? And I take it from your comment that you're implying Chromium OS tracks people less?
        • Oletros 10y ago
          Student chromebooks are not tracked
  • Mark222 10y ago
    Not really, the linux is a volunteer effort spearheaded by a non-profit where members take advantage of the advance of the kernel for their own products/ideals, while Google is very much a for-profit corporation which benefits here by the increase in users for their services. Services which are ad-supported for the most part.