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[–] cheeseburger@piefed.ca 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They just want to have a locked down desktop OS you can't install adblockers on (for example), for a start. Imagine you have a PC at home but dont have "root" access, just like our stupid phones. Fuck right off.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 16 points 1 month ago

Yeah lets not run operating systems from Microsoft or Google, thats a very bad idea if you care at all about privacy.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago

They will give up on "Aluminium OS" in 12 to 18 months.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 month ago

The company stated it is collaborating with Qualcomm to build a new platform that converges mobile and desktop computing, leveraging recent advancements in AI.

i wouldn’t be “anti-ai” if every single company wasn’t forcing it into every single thing with no way to opt out except to hack your own devices…
however, fuck ai… and there’s no way it’s improving that android pc….
the bubble popping will be catastrophic

[–] original_reader@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Excellent. More closed systems and more control to Google. Now even on PCs.

It is even "built with artificial intelligence (AI) at the core."

Exactly what we all want. Thank you, Google. What would we do without you?

... 🤮

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 19 points 1 month ago

Yeah, welcome verified apps on PC.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Man, 10 years ago I would have been kinda interested in this. But now? Yeah no, give me root or give me death.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And laptops have improved battery life so much that a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit

I can see a benefit to offering older relatives an OS they're already familiar with that would be difficult for them to accidently FUBAR

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know if I'd go that far lmao

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I've noticed recently more and more software is blocking running as root.

I get it, security blah blah. But if I want to, I should be able to.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

leveraging recent advancements in AI

This guaranteeing this will never be installed in anything of mine. Not even as a VM. Even TempleOS got more bare metal time than this will ever see.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 25 points 1 month ago

So they killed ChromeOS to... Do this?

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

monkeys paw year of the linux desktop

[–] ellypony@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Windows 11, but worse!

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

Something nobody ever asked for or wanted.

[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Sounds cheap and flimsy.

[–] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Hmmm.... Nope...

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Would you prefer 'Lead OS'?

brings Android to PC

but why

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Despite Google’s efforts to challenge the dominance of Windows and macOS, ChromeOS remains a distant third.

Umm... What?

Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide - October 2025

Desktop Operating Systems Percentage Market Share
Windows 66.14%
OS X 14.27%
Unknown 11.15%
macOS 4.15%
Linux 2.94%
Chrome OS 1.34%

Distant "fourth*.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That 11.15% what else could it be but Linux?

[–] 01011@monero.town 1 points 1 month ago

Who asked for this?