Chromebooks have generally been okay when it comes to bloatware (OEMs seemingly aren't allowed to do more than pre-install easily-removable (Chrome) extensions,

Chromebooks have generally been okay when it comes to bloatware (OEMs seemingly aren't allowed to do more than pre-install easily-removable (Chrome) extensions, and even that doesn't seem to be very common). Maybe that's going to change now that this is closer to an Android device.