This is the innovation capitalism drives. Just worse versions of things we already have with middlemen bolted on to suck more money or control away from you.
For one on ChromeOS I can run whatever Linux shit I want with their compatibility layer.
Aluminum OS is going to be a locked down like Android is when your carrier locks it down and doesn’t allow users to get root on their phone. They will have an app store with all approved apps on it. Google is currently removing the ability for people to side load apps on their phones (not that most people do that anyway). They will do this on this OS too.
I need you consider the average tech illiterate person who will use this OS and unknowingly have all of their data get silently sucked into Google’s orbit. Google already does this on Android…they want to capture what you do OFF your phone now on other devices too and control it.
For one on ChromeOS I can run whatever Linux shit I want with their compatibility layer.
Have they announced that they’re removing the Linux compatibility layer? Or you got that from the comments too?
Aluminum OS is going to be a locked down like Android is when your carrier locks it down and doesn’t allow users to get root on their phone. They will have an app store with all approved apps on it. Google is currently removing the ability for people to side load apps on their phones (not that most people do that anyway). They will do this on this OS too.
And you know this how? Did they also announce it? Or are you saying this because it shares code with Android? Instead of speculation, we have a real example with Apple. iOS is arguably the most locked down mobile OS, but you can still install whatever you want on MacOS (even literally installing Linux). You are assuming that an OS based on Android (which is more open than iOS) will be more locked down than MacOS.
I need you consider the average tech illiterate person who will use this OS and unknowingly have all of their data get silently sucked into Google’s orbit. Google already does this on Android…they want to capture what you do OFF your phone now on other devices too and control it.
So Google is not collecting data on ChromeOS? Otherwise why even mention this.
So they killed ChromeOS to… Do this?
This is the innovation capitalism drives. Just worse versions of things we already have with middlemen bolted on to suck more money or control away from you.
Enshittification comes for everything eventually
Why would this be worse than ChromeOS? It’s not even out yet lol
You should read the other comments here because they hit on a lot of them.
This is bad if you want control of your device and data.
What control are you losing with Aluminum OS that you have now with ChromeOS?
For one on ChromeOS I can run whatever Linux shit I want with their compatibility layer.
Aluminum OS is going to be a locked down like Android is when your carrier locks it down and doesn’t allow users to get root on their phone. They will have an app store with all approved apps on it. Google is currently removing the ability for people to side load apps on their phones (not that most people do that anyway). They will do this on this OS too.
I need you consider the average tech illiterate person who will use this OS and unknowingly have all of their data get silently sucked into Google’s orbit. Google already does this on Android…they want to capture what you do OFF your phone now on other devices too and control it.
Have they announced that they’re removing the Linux compatibility layer? Or you got that from the comments too?
And you know this how? Did they also announce it? Or are you saying this because it shares code with Android? Instead of speculation, we have a real example with Apple. iOS is arguably the most locked down mobile OS, but you can still install whatever you want on MacOS (even literally installing Linux). You are assuming that an OS based on Android (which is more open than iOS) will be more locked down than MacOS.
So Google is not collecting data on ChromeOS? Otherwise why even mention this.