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 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.
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.
I am always dumbfounded by this.
The scope to overlook/ not address certain things could easily make this a mess. For instance the difficulty distinguishing apps to install on your Android phone and a Google Watch is already pretty bad - checking on the phone directs the phone's Google Play Store to open, and you then can't tell if it's going to realise you're trying to install to the watch or to the phone. The mental models for each blur even though you need to be able to tell them apart for legitimate reasons.
So that gives me little hope for Google doing a better job, given Android (seems) more fragmented from the get-go.
It's a fuzzy science based on the author's estimation of how known a name is within their intended readership.
From a brief look (https://www.techradar.com/uk/search?searchTerm=Craig+Federig...), it looks like Tech Radar expects more of their readers to know who Craig is - going from "Apple exec Craig Federighi" to just "Craig Federighi".
I couldn't find another article with Sameer Samat.
I wonder if a media outlets' intended or real audience could be inferred from indicators like this.
I don't work anywhere near Apple-related coding though, so that's hardly surprising.
I want a Linux vm, and full desktop experience on the tablets. And when connected to a monitor.
Google are not in the laptop game the same way Apple is, so sell a phone and tell consumers they no longer need a computer too.
imcritic•6h ago