It's another google invented 'extension' to the web, built for one purpose: to validate their assumption that a Chromebook is a viable computing platform. "The

It's another google invented 'extension' to the web, built for one purpose: to validate their assumption that a Chromebook is a viable computing platform. "The web has all these limitations, how can a device run only web apps" "Oh well we're google, we'll just shoe-horn whatever shit we need into web specs and force them through." When this came up for discussion a year or two ago, it was highlighted that they acknowledged the potential for harm, and gave zero solutions to resolve that issue. Edit: its an almost comically similar story with their other attempt, "web usb"