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Am I right in guessing these types of apps can only be supplied to users through the Chrome store? If so, then: No. thank. you. I will just never, ever, ever,

Am I right in guessing these types of apps can only be supplied to users through the Chrome store? If so, then: No. thank. you. I will just never, ever, ever, EVER build software that needs to go through some sort of "approval process", unless I'm being paid a lot of money to do so. The fact that some dweeb at google has ultimate power to simply reject all my hard work, or even worse, approve it first and then remove it at a later time, barring all my users from accessing the app, all without me having ANYTHING to say about it is just fascist and wrong. I would never work under such a system (App Store, Windows Store, Chrome Store, etc...) I need to be free to provide my application by any method I want, that includes a download link anywhere on the internet that lets users install the app when they want, if they want, however they want, without fear of some overlord stepping in and banning the app.

untog 14y ago
Am I right in guessing "Don't mind me, just makin' a straw man, knocking it down..." Chromium is entirely open source. A quick search shows that there are many bugs/mailing list posts mentioning packaged apps within the Chromium project. So the answer to your hypothetical question is: no, you're likely not right. Google may control the experience in the Chrome browser, but by providing all the code they use, you're free to implement whatever system you want on your own machine.
- icebraining 14y ago
  Parent said Chrome store, not Chrome. If apps can only be installed from the Google Play, nothing guarantees us that your homebrewed system can access them.
  - untog 14y ago
    Well where do the apps come from? Developers. If the developers are willing to post versions of their apps that will work on Chromium in addition to Chrome Store versions, then you'll be able to use them. If they aren't then your issue is with the developer, not Google.
  - danmaz74 14y ago
    You can package a Chrome app/extension and let users install it from your own website. No need to go through the store.

untog 14y ago

Am I right in guessing "Don't mind me, just makin' a straw man, knocking it down..." Chromium is entirely open source. A quick search shows that there are many bugs/mailing list posts mentioning packaged apps within the Chromium project. So the answer to your hypothetical question is: no, you're likely not right. Google may control the experience in the Chrome browser, but by providing all the code they use, you're free to implement whatever system you want on your own machine.

icebraining 14y ago
Parent said Chrome store, not Chrome. If apps can only be installed from the Google Play, nothing guarantees us that your homebrewed system can access them.
- untog 14y ago
  Well where do the apps come from? Developers. If the developers are willing to post versions of their apps that will work on Chromium in addition to Chrome Store versions, then you'll be able to use them. If they aren't then your issue is with the developer, not Google.
- danmaz74 14y ago
  You can package a Chrome app/extension and let users install it from your own website. No need to go through the store.