Oh, I see why they choose it, on paper it fits the bill very well.
It is however a product that is mostly designed to lock you into a single eco-system, not that different from the Apple products in that regard.
Hold on their pardner… 
The Chrome OS was specifically designed as a lightweight, web-centric OS that promotes flexibility over lock-in accessible to all. While it’s true integrates best with Google services, users aren’t locked into them like with Windows or macOS, and it supports Linux and some Windows apps.
Chrome OS is based on the open-source Chromium OS, which anyone can download and use on various devices, like Raspberry Pi and older laptops. Chrome OS, however, includes proprietary Google features, such as the Play Store and security updates, and is only available pre-installed on Chromebooks but there are well-document workarounds for sideloading Play Store apps, so even that isn’t a show stopper.
For DIY enthusiasts, here are some guides on building your own version with Chromium OS:
TechRadar Guide
Raspberry Tips Guide
There’s also numerous YouTube videos which guide you through creating bootable install media. Here are two of them that are fairly recent. https://youtu.be/5bamex8iS-g
https://youtu.be/5Txh5jtcKnA
In my experience, I built a bootable CD-ROM version in 2015 and a version that ran on a VM (using both VirtualBox and VMware) about four years ago. I wanted to see how difficult it was—it wasn’t. If you can follow simple instructions, you can try it yourself, no rocket science needed. 
I know what its.
The students and schools are not going to fuddle around with that, they are (mostly) not enthusiasts or DIY minded, and they will use the Google features on a Chromebook and whatever schools or similar mandate.
The moment you mention the word workaround, they are already miles gone.
There is a difference how things can work in theory, and how it will actually be used by the masses.
Google knows that.
I won’t argue that open-source systems can pose technical obstacles and all throughout this thread I have stood by that point. My point here was about the statement ‘locking into their ecosystem’ as untrue. Chromium OS is as open as it gets—license-free and open-source. While few might make the effort to set it up themselves, it’s similar to Red Hat’s model: Red Hat Linux is open-source, but the company profits by charging for service and support, not for licensing.
I think you are focusing to much on the the technical, and not on the human experience. Locking them in to an eco-system can be done just as much by conditioning, its not just a pure technical thing.
Most major tech companies are guilty of this to some degree, but I find apple and Alphabet/google to be the worst.
And I was not talking about chromium in itself, I was talking about chromebooks.
This is purely semantics and one cannot separate the technical issues out from the product itself, they are too intertwined. I stand by my earlier statement it was this phrase that should not be overlooked which is what I am addressing. This statement is simply untrue and there are no facts that have been presented to support this claim.
The design goal was never to “lock in”, the design goal was the exact opposite and Google achieved that. It could be argued that only a small group of manufacturers jumped onto that bandwagon and Google wasn’t one of them thus further dispelling the notion that this was solely done to trap people into their ecosystem, that is just not borne by the facts.
BTW: Here is the list of the top five Chromebook makers. Note who is missing, Google. They didn’t make the top five even though it’s their technology, another noteworthy item when casting them as ‘locking into an ecosystem’. If that’s their goal, they’re doing a shitty job.
| Rank | Manufacturer | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acer | 25.3 |
| 2 | Dell | 24.0 |
| 3 | HP | 21.8 |
| 4 | Lenovo | 20.0 |
| 5 | Samsung | 8.9 |
Again, your are focusing for the tech vs the experience, and small picture instead of big picture.
Who makes it is of little difference, its the end user experience. All of those come with googles prepackaged OS, bar minor tweaks as far as I know.
This is getting people accustomed to cheap ■■■■ with high margins instead of proper well rounded machines.
But I don’t think we will agree as long as that is your mindset, so I bid you goodbye.
Told you guys, endless argument. Somebody is always going to find a counterstatement.
@JonRaymond, would it be okay if I go to random discussions and somehow tie it to the poll? That way it would get more views.
No. That would be spam.
What if the topic is similar in the way that Makerworld needs an upgrade?
Totally agree, a web-based slicer would make Bambu printers way more accessible, especially for schools using Chromebooks.