https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/16/google_phasing_out_support_for_chrome_apps_across_all_operating_systems/
I think the big place that might be a problem is on Chrome OS. My experience with my Chromebook, before I left it on the airplane, was that the browser/extension experience was better than the app experience anyway.
>> before I left it on the airplane
<makes sympathetic noises>
>browser/extension experience was better
From the article I read, it seems everyone else thought the same. The C Apps just weren't getting any traction.
The thing about the apps, is they seemed to be designed to work on tablets and phones and the UI felt like it. Same with Android apps on the Chromebook. A Chromebook really is a laptop, so the "desktop" paradigm works best and responsive wed design is fairly mature in how it scales to different sizes.
Headline: "Google is finally killing off Chrome apps,
which nobody really used anyhow"
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/15/21067907/google-chrome-apps-end-support-lune-windows-macos-linux
Quote from: buckworks on January 17, 2020, 05:32:30 PM
<makes sympathetic noises>
Foolish of me (or rather, fatigued and distracted of me), but as I said in the Chromebook thread, that's why I bought it for traveling - low cost, long battery life, almost no local data, strong password and two-factor auth required to log in, ability to revoke 2FA authorization remotely, everything backed up to the cloud.
> Same with Android apps on the Chromebook.
Yeah, but they are handy if you want to put together a does-everything device. Ex: Peripheral devices in the smarthome world lean heavily on phone apps. By putting phone apps in the Chromebook's start column, I have central command console with a keyboard.
And.... 37 days later, AA found it
http://th3core.com/talk/hardware-technology/chromebook-crush-tough-linux-not-too-expensive/msg65227/#msg65227