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If you're just going to install a Linux distro doesn't that defeat the point? I thought the whole idea of chromebook was that you used google services rather t
by jiggy2011 13y ago
If you're just going to install a Linux distro doesn't that defeat the point?
I thought the whole idea of chromebook was that you used google services rather than locally installed apps. So yes, inherently more tracking since they want to monetise ads.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> If you're just going to install a Linux distro doesn't that defeat the point? It doesn't defeat the point for the buyer, since its often the most cost-effective way to get basic hardware for a linux laptop. It doesn't defeat the point for the hardware vendor. Heck, it doesn't really even defeat the point for Google. Sure, it may not be as good for them as you using ChromeOS, but its better for them than you either using Windows or MacOS (or paying for Windows or MacOS to get a Linux box.)
- jiggy2011 13y agoThe intended method of use is Chrome OS, there will be geeks who buy it as a cheap Linux laptop but that's not really the target market or how they are mostly used.
- VikingCoder 13y agoIf someone buys a computer and uses the internet, Google gets to sell more ads. The Chromebook is literally no different, in this respect. So your argument about "inherently more tracking" is fatally flawed.
- jiggy2011 13y agoThe idea of the chromebook is to move away from native apps that run on your computer to cloud apps where your computer serves as mainly a front end to google's datacenter.