Thread: "Why Chromebook Pundits Are Out of Touch"
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Old 01-13-2014, 01:47 PM   #500
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
Besides, I believe the Nexus is supported for much longer than other devices, and it is really the device maker NOT necessarily Google that needs to handle support.
I have a Sprint Galaxy Nexus. Google will not release KitKat for it. Even though the Sprint version of the Galaxy Nexus was only 18 months "new" when KitKat was announced. Because the other versions of the Galaxy Nexus were beyond 24 months, Google decided the model was beyond its support window.

Yes, I understand not much would need to be kept current with Chrome after 24 months, but if a browser vulnerability were discovered, there'd be no patch to fix it coming from Google.

If you wanted to install alternative OSs and deal with 3rd parties, doesn't that kind of negate the ChromeOS's strong point of not needing any user actions for support?
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