Comment by webdevver
12 days ago
i think in retrospect naming the OS after the browser was a mistake. the browser is like a public town square with god-knows-what going through it every day. its dirty, filthy, and totally chaotic.
which is precisely not what you want your actual personal computing environment to be like. my computer is mine - or, should be mine. when i close the browser, its like closing your front door. the world outside is gone for a bit so i can chill with my own private library etc.
as long as its called "ChromeOS", it will always be associated with landfill-ware, government-issued laptops that arent worth the box they come in. paperweights.
I think its good tbh.
Chrome as a brand has a lot of goodwill / brand equity. Your association is negative but I think views will vary but be more positive than not. If I remember the stats right, the majority of users install chrome by choice on their computers.
And, the OS was actually built around Chrome, so it's an accurate name too.
> Chrome as a brand has a lot of goodwill / brand equity.
I am always dumbfounded by this.
For long time it was -- and maybe still is -- the gold standard in browser security.
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I never interpreted it as that; interesting way to look at it.
I think it did a good job of setting expectations. Most people would be (and, initially very much were) disappointed to find out the OS was basically just a web browser. At least the name helped make that clear.
It doesn't help that OS support is time-bombed either.
Is support not time-bombed on some other commercial OS? Can't recall any vendor that promises perpetual support.