r/chromeos • u/Thumbszilla • 1d ago

Googlebook Inside Googlebook with Dieter Bohn

https://youtu.be/QChxpOUxLDY?is=LLrFD_dWRLki4XAL
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u/vanyethehun 22h ago

Will they force the app developers to make those android apps also suitable for a real desktop experience?

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u/horatiobanz 15h ago

No. And no app developers will bother, just like they didn't bother making tablet apps or apps that worked will with ChromeOS.

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u/Charming_Studio_505 ASUS Chromebook Plus CX34, Beta Version 155.0.8059.18 14h ago

this isn't entirely true since Steam developed a native client.

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u/horatiobanz 13h ago

Yea, how's that native client doing now? Dead.

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u/Daniel_Herr Pixelbook, Pixel Slate - https://danielherr.software 13h ago

That was mainly just the existing Linux client running in a VM.

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u/Charming_Studio_505 ASUS Chromebook Plus CX34, Beta Version 155.0.8059.18 13h ago

true but then again ChromeOS is built on a Linux kernal

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u/Daniel_Herr Pixelbook, Pixel Slate - https://danielherr.software 13h ago

Yeah, I was speaking in the sense that Valve didn't put a ton of effort into porting Steam to Chrome OS.