They don't make money on the hardware and have no incentive to make the subscription look like a bad deal because of short hardware life cycle. The hardware ma

They don't make money on the hardware and have no incentive to make the subscription look like a bad deal because of short hardware life cycle. The hardware manufacturer is a different story. They love nothing better than to collect a laptop price tag on a laptop replacement schedule while only having to deliver a chromebook performance and absolutely zero os/software related customer support or windows license.