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Ask HN: Why don't Chromebooks provide the option to run Android?
It would cost Google nothing and make Chromebooks more attractive
- higherpurpose 12y agoThey intend to make some apps run through ChromeOS, which personally I think is a bad idea that will end up ruining ChromeOS's security system, too. http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/25/5842454/chromebooks-running-android-apps-in-the-works http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/25/5842454/chromebooks-runnin... I would prefer they just focus on making Android have a useful and productive interface for the desktop, much like they did with Android TV for TVs. Then all apps would work.
- Zigurd 12y agoAndroid and ChromeOS are very different operating systems, with different hardware platforms, different ergonomics, different channels, different network connectivity, etc, etc. Not everything needs to converge unless you have a dogma like "Windows everywhere." When people say sh*t like that the first question should be "Why?"