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At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, they could be trying to avoid an osborne effect.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect

Even if ChromeOS got completely replaced by Android (which they seem to say it won't) surely it would merge/fork and not just get abandoned.


To cause Osborne Effect, it is sufficient for people to think it would get abandoned.


I suspect this as well. Google doesn't want people to stop buying Chromebooks, even if Chrome OS, in the form it is, only has two years of life left.




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