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I like ChromeOS but it has <2% market share and has the same name as the most popular web browser in the world. Every windows and mac computer is also a "box with Chrome on it."


I don't like ChromeOS, but I gotta admit it's a perfectly fine name for the system. They don't bury the lede ("this runs Chrome") and they suffix it with a brief product identifier. If you are looking for a device with Chrome on it, this will qualify. If you need a Windows machine or a Mac, they aren't pretending to compete with them.

Is there a more straightforward name that even makes sense here?


This is a weird argument. Every computer runs Chrome so that doesn't explain why anyone would want a ChromeOS device.

There's nothing wrong with the name, but it's also not so well-known or self-evident that it never needs to be explained.




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