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> Poor marketing. Doesn't show screenshots of the OS in use. It's the same as Chrome OS on Chromebooks > Doesn't go into detail about productivity application
by resoluteteeth 4y ago
> Poor marketing. Doesn't show screenshots of the OS in use.
It's the same as Chrome OS on Chromebooks
> Doesn't go into detail about productivity applications.
Google Docs or anything you can use on the web
> Doesn't tell us about the apps available from the ecosystem. (Not even the main product page.)
There are none. Chrome Apps are deprecated so unless you use linux via crostini (on normal chrome os devices you can also use android apps but I don't think chrome os flex supports that currently) there aren't any apps except PWAs.
> Not much to get customers excited.
It's for companies that want an easy to manage OS that just provides a web browser, basically. They're not trying to market chrome os flex to consumers. If you wanted a chrome os device as a consumer you would buy a chromebook.
> This is why Apple always wins. (Well... Steve Jobs era Apple)
Chromebooks have been incredibly successful with elementary schools in the US. iPads and macbooks have obviously been successful too but they basically inhabit completely different niches so it's not necessarily possible to say that apple is "winning" against chrome os (apple would have to change their approach somewhat to try to make a cheap ipad laptop at the risk of cannibalizing the market for macbooks to try to compete with chrome os). Chrome OS flex has a good chance at being successful with companies that already have their own desktops and don't need any offline applications.
- stonogo 4y agoChromebooks have been incredibly present in elementary schools in the US. I haven't seen any metrics for "successful" that go beyond "make sure every kid has a Google account."