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Nope, look at the docs - you need developer stuff enabled to side load. The rest is being removed "for user safety". This makes it just like iOS, where if I'm a
by fidotron 13y ago
Nope, look at the docs - you need developer stuff enabled to side load. The rest is being removed "for user safety". This makes it just like iOS, where if I'm a developer I can likewise sideload anything I have the source to.
Chrome OS is _not_ just a web browser, as that link to the Chrome Apps stuff very clearly demonstrates. It's not "pure web" at all. This is PR nonsense, when there's a whole extra API.
Clearly you don't like it being pointed out, but Chrome OS is Google's walled garden.
- cromwellian 13y agoHow about actually owning a ChromeOS device before making comments? "Developer Stuff Enabled" = "Menu -> Extensions -> Developer Mode Checkbox". It's not different than going to Android settings and saying "allow apps from unknown sources." Besides, the whole argument is how easy it would be to fork Android vs Chrome, and the reality is, turning off install restrictions in Chrome in a few lines of code. Replacing Google Play Services/GMS are far far harder.
- fidotron 13y agoI'm on a Pixel! I'd suggest you try writing some Android services, and you'll find you don't have to modify the OS at all.