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Sounds more like they're killing ChromeOS and attempting to implement a Laptop experience for Android.

I wonder what this means for all the schools that invested in Chromebooks.

I would suspect that they continue to support those until they hit their agreed upon EOL. At some point they will ship new units that are essentially identical in use (running chrome), but are locked down under the hood (for school use) to be more like chromeOS and less like Android.

There is a good chance the average end user wont even notice the difference. It seems doable, but I guess the devil is in the details. If they can't pull it off, Apple is rumored to be launching a ~$599 macboook. Would not be really stretch to see them complete in this space again in the future.

Every chromebook ever sold can have its bootloader unlocked and software replaced, doing so un-enrolls it from whatever management the school set up.

I think ChromeOS has been slowly making the merge for awhile now, hence the chrome store being killed and replaced by the android store. Everytime I updated my Chrome book over the past year or so it gets a bit more android like.

They see an entrance into the windows desktop market and they are taking it. I personally like this path because the only good laptop+phone integrated combo I see is from Apple. Hope they don’t screw up on opportunities like clipboard sharing and other integrations.

ChromeOS support is contracted and thus guaranteed.

But one day they'll have to switch, when the support runs out. IIRC it's 7-10 years depending.

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