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wmarone is offline wmarone
2010-12-07 , 22:02
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#31
Originally Posted by Capt'n Corrupt View Post
Chrome OS is an appliance and like many appliances, it's not intended to be opened, just used. The tradeoff you generally make for simplicity is control.
And therein lies the problem. The biggest bane for companies these days is that users have control, which gives rise to everything we have today.

Sure you can buy wire and transformers, acquire cinderblocks and metal grating and make a stove that you have 100% control over. But most people don't do that, they use a pre-packaged unit built by Samsung or Maytag that does its job well with little headache.
Right, but my stove does little more than get hot in a controlled manner. Computers do way, way more and are much more a part of our lives.

This is no different and will revolutionize the way that computers are used.
I foresee it more as undoing the potential that computers have given us over the last ~30 years. Putting users back in the box, but without taking the conduit via which you can consume, advertise and spend. If it does revolutionize the way computers are used, like Apple believes the iPhone and iPad will, then it will be a step backwards unless the user can opt to do things locally.

Otherwise, people certainly won't have the chances to learn about computers and technology that I have had.
 

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