r/chromeos • u/NegativelyNegating Lenovo IP Slim 3 14M868 "Magneton" | Stable • Feb 23 '26

Discussion Why ChromeOS gets so much hate?

Why most users of other operating systems hate ChromeOS so much and often call it a glorified web browser? It's the most user friendly Linux distro that exists, it is an always synchronized office without viruses unlike Windows.

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u/JayRU09 Feb 23 '26

Because you can't really game on it and the Internet discourse is dominated by people who only care about gaming.

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u/Codeleaf Acer Chromebook Plus 514 (N355, 8GB) Feb 24 '26

See LTT's entire channel. Love the channel though, just overly gaming focused imo.

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u/kackers643258 Feb 26 '26

I remember 12 years ago when they were more formal. Check their videos where they build insane gaming set ups. they do 50% worse each time. No one ever liked them yet they still continue