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Chrome device sales ~doubled year-over-year in 2020, while PCs grew 11 %.
And according to audio from a leaked meeting, even Microsoft knows Chrome devices are “faster and cheaper, they are easier to deploy and manage.”

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/30/22256873/chromebook-best-year-ever-double-yearly-sales

#ChromeDevice #ChromeOS #Chromebook

All #ChromeDevices launching in 2020 and beyond will receive automatic updates directly from #Google for at least 8 years since the device platform release.

I wish that was the norm with phones, TVs and other electronics as well.
Longer warranty, support and SW updates especially should be the subject of next big round of legislative push around the world.

https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/google-announces-8-years-of-chrome-os-software-updates-aue-for-new-chromebooks/

#Chromebook #ChromeOS #ChromeDevice #sustainability

When even after several years large portion of the general public still doesn't understand the benefits of #Chromebooks, #Google recruits #BillNye for their new ad campaign to talk about irrationalities involved...

https://youtu.be/DS0H0XDDotI

#ChromeDevice #ChromeDevices #ChromeOS #statusQuoBias #sunkenCostFallacy