We first heard back in November that Google could merge Chrome OS into Android. Now, an executive has publicly confirmed plans for a merger.

Sameer Samat, president of Android ecosystem at Google, asked a TechRadar journalist why they were using an Apple Watch, iPhone, and MacBook:

I asked because we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops these days and what they’re getting done.

  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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    64·
    1 month ago

    A decade ago this would have been exciting news for mobile computing.

    Enough has changed that all I can think is, uuugh.

    • ChuckTheMonkey@fedia.io
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      1 month ago

      Enough has changed that all I can think is, uuugh. This is exactly my feeling. While I still consider Google to be the lesser evil out of all the big tech companies. They have been in freefall in the last decade. Just the amount of telemetries give me shivers.

      Also, it will be a license nightmare. As far as I know, Chrome OS is proprietary and actual Android has proper open source license.

      • 73QjabParc34Vebq@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        11·
        1 month ago

        Parts of Chrome OS are available, parts aren’t. Parts of Android are available, parts aren’t. Neither are really Open Source, but both have Open Source parts.

              • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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                1 month ago

                Google can’t kill AOSP as it is under the GPL. They will always have to release the source code. Even if a lot of the apps have been abandoned the core system will still be GPL. I don’t see them changing that any time soon as it would mean a total rewrite of the OS from scratch which would be insane.

                Android also is designed to run on lots of different hardware unlike Apple. I don’t really see the comparison.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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        1 month ago

        As far as I know, Chrome OS is proprietary

        It’s only proprietary in much the same way as Android. That’s why there are forks like FydeOS.