Actually, I upvoted this, but on reflection I think this is wrong. Here's why:
- Most Chromebooks are freely bootloader unlocked, allowing
any operating system to be loaded on them.
- ChromeOS follows the same open source model as Chrome—Most core features open, with things like Flash/Wildvine/API keys held secret.
- There are no native apps on ChromeOS—the correct question
is not "Can Mozilla write a browser for ChromeOS", its
"Can Mozilla write an app for ChromeOS" and "Can Mozilla
write a browser for Chromebooks". Both of these
statements are absolutely true.
So I fail to see how Chromebooks are "more extremely locked down" than iDevices.
- Most Chromebooks are freely bootloader unlocked, allowing any operating system to be loaded on them.
- ChromeOS follows the same open source model as Chrome—Most core features open, with things like Flash/Wildvine/API keys held secret.
- There are no native apps on ChromeOS—the correct question is not "Can Mozilla write a browser for ChromeOS", its "Can Mozilla write an app for ChromeOS" and "Can Mozilla write a browser for Chromebooks". Both of these statements are absolutely true.
So I fail to see how Chromebooks are "more extremely locked down" than iDevices.