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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Considering they made Chrome an entire OS... It was sort of necessary for that and probably minimal to bring it to the regular desktop browser.

Otherwise it doesn't really need to, other than simplicity for the end user. Being able to just go to the website regardless of platform and not having to install anything, or keep anything up to date, is a nice end user experience.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago*

Considering they made Chrome an entire OS… It was sort of necessary for that and probably minimal to bring it to the regular desktop browser.

That's both plausible and insightful on your part. Thanks!

That said, just because they could easily do it on the non-ChromeOS version of the browser doesn't mean they should have.

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[–] Zos_Kia@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

Chrome OS existed long before this API, it has a Linux base to handle this kind of thing.

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[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

it doesn't really need to, other than simplicity for the end user

Not being a jerk, trying to be succinct, but this is you missing or disregarding a crucially important point, in a dozen words.

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