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I believe this would a great thing.

Make IETF standard for cloud notebooks

- If there is an username/password then

- Login from the screen

- If the backend (dropbox or MS or nextcloud or webdav) supports

* Drive(or storage) then it is loaded into a file manager

* Password manager -> it is loaded

* Bookmarks etc

This would mean they can claim that chromebooks are

- NOW UNIVERSAL

- No lockin

- No monopoly

- if other OEMs want they can replace the browser and ship it

(I discussed this with Firefox management that they should build this cloud notebook instead of boot2gecko-firefoxOS but...)



We are back at the network computers all over again.


Think it is great to go back to mainframe days. But the law makers need to provide some safety from AI/ML eating into privacy and law enforcement snooping.


Do you think there are many sales lost of chromebooks because there is lockin? I think most people care way less about that then you would hope.




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