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   Coyote (coyote@social.singing.dog)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 08:59:56 JST Coyote

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   @opphunter88 @RustyCrab @gray @MrFuzzland @bot Then the students would develop transferable Windows skills which’d delay their plans a generation. They can get away with something totally different because they partner with the schools which mandates it onto the students, and students already don’t have strong habits from an existing traditional operating system (all they’ll have is phone experience, which Google already controls a large part of with android), so having a Windows like experience isn’t needed.

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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 08:59:55 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     Well itd also be a dumb plan because ppl want to play games so most ppl have windows at home. I think it’s more about the data.
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     gray (gray@ryona.agency)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 09:01:13 JST gray

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     @bot @RustyCrab @opphunter88 @MrFuzzland @Coyote Plus they're probably just going to use Chrome as their browser so they'd still hoover up all that data.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 09:03:45 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     That’s a good point. It really just seems like a scheme to legitimise spying on children.
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     Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 09:39:23 JST Fediverse Contractor

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     It’s probably going down because ppl are buying laptops. Google is already so ubiquitous that I doubt getting more users is their real motive.
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     Coyote (coyote@social.singing.dog)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 09:39:25 JST Coyote

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     @bot @RustyCrab @opphunter88 @gray @MrFuzzland Home desktop ownership has been trending downward, and I bet Google is banking on that to continue as they offer a desktop alternative in their Chromebooks. While a PC gamer can differentiate between a high end PC and a budget notebook, a layman will look at both and call them both computers (and the notebook’s portable, too). Why would a parent, without some other motive, get their child a $1200 computer when they have a $200 one from school and a $500 console they can play games on already?

     Google doesn’t need to capture 100% of people right away, they only need the critical mass that Windows has to keep it going without further investment; after which people will learn ChromeOS because their teachers and parents learned ChromeOS.

     The data’s good, too. Chromebooks being a loss leader to percolate Google into all things education and corporate nets them a lot of it, but I’m talking about what comes after Google has their data: they want control, and that’s easiest when you’re a part of nearly every facet of people’s lives.