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Re:Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops by zanethomas on Saturday October 02, 2021 @04:16PM (#28731694)
... and

The proprietary cpus will only run software obtained from the corresponding app store.

You can take that to the bank.

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Re:Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops by sneak on Saturday October 02, 2021 @04:39PM (#28731880)
Yeah. This is more about full stack DRM to provide rentseeking opportunities than Intel's fat (but historically tolerable) margins.
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Re:Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops by marcellus23 on Saturday October 02, 2021 @05:23PM (#28732213)
Yeah, this won’t be happening.
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Re:Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops by pjc50 on Sunday October 03, 2021 @04:42AM (#28735543)
It effectively is already happening: that's the iOS model. The fact that it's not enforced by incompatible instructions is irrelevant.
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Re:Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops by marcellus23 on Sunday October 03, 2021 @07:30PM (#28741476)
Because macOS is not iOS.
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Re:Google developing own CPUs for Chromebook laptops by oblio on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:33PM (#28732708)
Why?
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