techzomby

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   by techzomby 13y ago

   These apps don't run on Chrome the browser. They run on the Chrome runtime, and open outside the browser. So, if they're extinguishing non-Chrome browsers, they're extinguishing Chrome browser too - which is obviously not the
2. 2.▲
   by techzomby 13y ago

   Except that ActiveX works only on Windows IE and not built on web tech. Chrome Apps run on ChromeOS, Windows, OSX, Linux, Android and IOS. And they are built using HTML and JS.
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   by techzomby 13y ago

   What's wrong with the Chrome browser becoming an OS? What you get is a fast and secure OS. Most users spend most of the time on the browser anyways - why not leverage that to make user's lives easier?
4. 4.▲
   by techzomby 13y ago

   Blogpost says this change is only for Windows stable/beta. The workaround for the "ordinary" user is to use dev/canary. Btw, if you're a ordinary user, do you care where you get the extension from?