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Re:Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody r... by mattlondon on Thursday January 16, 2020 @07:20AM (#22063808)
Ok sure - you're welcome to your opinion. I feel like expecting endless maintenance builds from Google for any manufacturer's hardware forever is a bit of an optimistic expectation though, especially for old models. They guarantee at least 5 years support (1) for updates which I don't think is unreasonable considering that they are so cheap. If that is not long enough for you then I guess you are not the target audience (students and enterprise users are the target audience)

1 - https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en

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Re:Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody r... by scarface74 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @07:38AM (#22063917)
Well,

Microsoft just ended support for Windows 7 - released July 2009 - yesterday. It’s currently running on my old 2006 era Mac Mini that my mom is using.

I also have a 2009 Core 2 Duo laptop that until early last year was my Plex Server. It is running a still supported Windows 10.

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Re:Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody r... by pjmlp on Thursday January 16, 2020 @09:12AM (#22064631)
My Asus laptop bought with Windows 7 on it back in 2009, is running the latest Windows 10 version.

Both Microsoft and Asus keep having updates for it.

Google just needs to actually care.

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Re:Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody r... by ac29 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:20PM (#22066606)
The driver model for Windows is different than Linux, though. Realistically, most Linux drivers need to be open source and maintained as part of the kernel to continue working, whereas Windows offers a stable driver interface so its not uncommon at all to have drivers that haven't been updated in many years work just fine on current Windows releases.
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Re:Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody r... by pjmlp on Thursday January 16, 2020 @06:16PM (#22070121)
Google as ChromeOS/Android owner can do whatever they feel like it, regardless of the driver model.

In fact, Android since project Treble has a driver model similar to Windows.

Linux drivers are considered legacy on Android.

Likewise they could have contracts in place that would force their suppliers to provide updates for X years.

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Re:Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody r... by paulcarroty on Thursday January 16, 2020 @07:53AM (#22064003)
> I guess you are not the target audience

Google always kills their products unexpected for all, don't matter which audience you are.

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