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Wow. Google deprecating Chrome apps will hurt the Chromebook ecosystem, who will develop apps that can only be run on a Chromebook? What's up their sleeve here?
by learningman 10y ago
Wow. Google deprecating Chrome apps will hurt the Chromebook ecosystem, who will develop apps that can only be run on a Chromebook? What's up their sleeve here? Expanding the Play store to desktops?
- semenko 10y agoYes, in fact: https://chrome.googleblog.com/2016/05/the-google-play-store-coming-to.html https://chrome.googleblog.com/2016/05/the-google-play-store-...
- Omni5cience 10y agoI think the reasoning is less nefarious, Chrome apps never got that much love on other platforms, and I'm guessing they want to move towards Progressive Web Apps.
- benologist 10y agoIt's all about the Play Store. The apps being EOL'd only ever ran on desktops, and Chrome OS is sort of becoming Android for tablets/computers. Chrome OS is actually not losing access to these apps for ~a year during which time the Play Store will continue rolling out alongside it. What will be really interesting is when they roll out the Play Store for the rest of Chrome...
- bobajeff 10y agoWell according to google only 1% used chrome apps on those other platforms. I imagine they are thinking that developers will make quick and dirty Android ports to Chrome OS like they did with tablets.
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