I can't think of any valid reason for a person with sane mind to do this. Yes, macOS is somewhat closed, but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.

▲

montroser 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What do you mean by open and closed? ChromeOS is based on ChromiumOS, which is open source. I guess macOS is based on Darwin technically, but the ratio of open source to proprietary is much higher for ChromeOS than macOS, no?

▲

galleywest200 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I think they mean closed as in it is more difficult to install whatever you want on a ChromeOS machine as opposed to a MacOS machine.

▲

ufmace 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What is it that you want to install on ChromeOS that you are unable to? All of the usual Linux and open-source stuff works fine on the built-in Linux environment on it. Possibly even a little better than MacOS in some cases, since you don't need to worry about Apple app signing. There's not literally nothing you can't do, but the list is a lot shorter than most people think, especially those who haven't really tried ChromeOS in a decade and think they're all a glorified web browser on $200 hardware.

▲

traderj0e 4 hours ago | parent [-]

You can technically run anything you want on both without resorting to hacks, it's just a question of how annoying it is.

▲

nolist_policy 4 hours ago | parent [-]

On a Chromebook you can install the Linux Dev VM with 5 clicks in the settings and get a fully featured Debian VM.

	▲	traderj0e 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm willing to bet it's easier to set up a Linux VM on a Chromebook than on a Mac. But the other side is that anything not explicitly requiring Linux will work natively in macOS, where you also get a nicer terminal. Like I've not needed a Linux VM in years, and the author doing web dev probably won't either.

▲

ototot 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can even install linux on Chromebooks, and ChromeOS has upstreamed / opensource many of their codes.

In other perspective, ChromeOS supports running Linux apps w/ GUI without much differences. You just open your terminal, type `apt install XXX`, then `XXX` should work out-of-the box.

I don't see any reasons that ChromeOS is less open then macOS

	▲	fragmede 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Any? Crostini is neat and all, but it's a VM running inside of ChromeOS, so it's restricted in what it can do.

▲

makeitdouble 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ChromeOS will run on any standard machine and subsystems (qndroid, linux) work decently good.

What concrete points makes you put macos as more open ?

	▲	fragmede an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Root on the host OS. Can't change the MAC on the wifi adapter, for instance.

▲

babypuncher 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ChromeOS is the absolute last desktop operating system I would choose to use for myself. Linux, macOS, and Windows would have to be completely dead and buried before I would switch, and at that point I might just consider abandoning tech altogether and joining an Amish commune or something.

▲

0xBADA55 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For small businesses using Google Workspace, Chrome book is so easy to manage.

▲

ryeguy_24 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ha, same. I absolutely love everything about my MacBook Pro.

	▲	ant6n 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		...except the operating system. And the silly notch. And the weird keyboard. And the hard palm-cutting corner. And the reflective screen. and the finger-print-magnet materials. And the small amount of RAM. and the small SSD. And the weight. Other than that, it's perfect! (On the blance,still better than any other laptop)

▲

jeffbee 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can't think of any sense in which this statement could be supported by facts.

▲

bigyabai 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.

I don't think that's entirely true. For instance, ChromeOS supports Mesa, which macOS has spent the past decade pretending doesn't exist.