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Soon, Google has even more leverage against adblockers (www.ghacks.net)
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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (15 children)

I'm wondering if Chromebooks can run Firefox? I'm guessing not. I know you can install adblockers on them. Not after mid-2024, I guess.

It really sucks that an affordable notebook computer means getting locked into an advertising system. You can get a Chromebook for under $100 and they have a very, very easy-to-use OS. They're great for poor people and elderly people.

So much for putting an adblocker on Grandma's computer now.

[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are ways to run Linux on Chromebooks

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but do you think Grandma who spent $100 on a Chromebook at Walmart is going to be able to figure out Linux even if their grandson knows how to install it? Chrome OS is the push-here-dummy of OSes. You really can't get much simpler. This is dangling a carrot in front of them so they'll be forced to look at endless advertising.

[–] kzhe@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's fair enough although I'd argue some desktop environments and Linux distributions are usable very easily. Remember that people like grandma are using "the operating system as a bootloader for the browser" and if they can open Chrome or Firefox they're good.

That being said when writing my response I admittedly had you in mind as the user who simply wanted to save money.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Well I do want to save money, but I'm not interested in a Chromebook for myself. My mother-in-law swears by hers though.

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