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Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by headmelted on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @05:17AM (#15968429)
To be fair, Chromebooks require a Google account, which I agree should be completely optional for the user.

Beyond that though, there's very little dependence on Google for apps. The web store opens in a browser window and (if someone were to create one) could easily go to a different store.

Likewise, Android-compatible Chromebooks can use Aptoide same as any other compatible Android device (although Android should be looked at too IMHO - I should at least have the option to say "I trust X app store in addition to Google Play" without removing un-named sources protection altogether. Likewise iPhone.).

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Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by pgeorgi on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:07AM (#15969168)
> "I trust X app store in addition to Google Play"

That's in Android 8.0: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/03/21/android-o-feature-sp...

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Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by headmelted on Thursday December 21, 2017 @04:58PM (#15983186)
I hadn't known about this, thanks for the link!
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