Secureblue vs ChromeOS

[anonymous261]

(This isn’t to say that Google and ChromeOS are the best, but I feel like the reality isn’t completely black and white (also not that you guys are saying it is))

@asanyan

yes

In that Twitter thread, GrapheneOS tries to counter telemetry concerns by saying this:

A small amount of uninvasive telemetry isn’t the catastrophe people make it out to be and LOTS of open source software including Firefox has similar telemetry to macOS. You aren’t avoiding all telemetry, etc. by using open source software, and it’s a tiny aspect of privacy.

@starkle

If you do even light gaming I wouldn’t say ChromeOS is a viable option

Couldn’t one install Steam using the Linux development environment?

@TheDoc

There’s various downsides to ChromeOS including how it handles encryption

ChromeOS has added device passwords as an alternative to Google Account passwords

@TheDoc

issues with proprietary systems in general.

Google sponsors the Linux Foundation and supports lots of open systems with the Summer of Code

Also this:

@jonah

I would say your assessment most fits Google actually. They really seem to have no clear plan one way or the other when it comes to open source work. Seems like a very “every team for themselves” company to me.