Google: your netbook is from 2016 and therefore we will no longer give you security updates until you buy a new computer from us
me: ok I will buy a Steam Deck
Valve: uhhhhh gimme like 3 more months
ok hackers you have 3 months to find a ChromeOS zero day and force me to stop using computer
it's wild to me that my next portable computer will have 16 times the storage capacity and a CPU that's 300x faster
a feature where you get notified when you can no longer receive security updates until you buy a new computer
it's not like there's some CPU architecture change that means the computer can no longer run the new software
it's not like they're going to stop compiling the software to run on intel processors every time there's a new version
it's literally just Google not wanting to allow me to install security updates
thinking about how crazy this is
my newest Windows PC came with Windows 8 (not 8.1)
that puts it at at least 9 years old, 50% older than my netbook
the only reason I can't install Windows 11 on it (thank goodness) is that I don't have a TPM chip on my motherboard
so there's an actual hardware reason that I can't update
and yet Microsoft still gives me free Windows updates
Google Chrome still happily runs the latest version on my 9 year old Windows PC
and yet Google can't find a way to allow me to download security updates on my computer that runs only their code
https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/acer-chromebook-14/
This page is Google's advertisement for the computer that they told me is "too old to receive security updates".
There is no mention of the fact that the computer is "too old to receive security updates" on the webpage telling you to purchase the computer.
This computer is newer than my Windows PC
