Anyone got a Chromebook

Reading an article in Ars Technica there was an article about chromebooks operating system having a time limit this is part of it
A lot of Chromebook and Chromebox users don't realize this, but all ChromeOS devices have an expiration date. Google's original policy was for devices to be supported for five years, but the company has recently extended that time to 6.5 years.
When your Chromebook or Chromebox approaches its built-in expiration date, it will warn you that it's time to go buy a new device entirely. Not long after that, it will refuse to apply any further security or feature updates. In addition to leaving users vulnerable to unpatched security exploits, this means that constantly evolving services such as Gmail will eventually stop working entirely.
Google has been working on a way to warn users six months ahead of time that their device's EOL date is approaching to allow them to plan with a little less time-sensitive desperation. But users running the Canary and Dev early-preview ChromeOS builds discovered a bug in the new code the hard way. After any reboot, brand-new devices started warning "this is the last automatic software and security update for this Chromebook. To get future updates, upgrade to a newer model." I hope Microsoft do not get any ideas like this

6.5 years is a long time in tech. I take it they expect chomeOS to use a lot of html5 and loads more ram as time goes on. Since nothing on chromebooks is upgradable it will just harm user experience so much that Google wants to force these devices to stop working.

I wouldn't worry too much about it, chromebooks have a 16GB or 32GB SSD drive on it, I'm sure there will be some use for it. Perhaps as a coding teaching machine. Could be donated and upcycled in developing countries to teach kids programming.

lawnmower74 said:

Reading an article in Ars Technica there was an article about chromebooks operating system having a time limit this is part of it
A lot of Chromebook and Chromebox users don't realize this, but all ChromeOS devices have an expiration date. Google's original policy was for devices to be supported for five years, but the company has recently extended that time to 6.5 years.
When your Chromebook or Chromebox approaches its built-in expiration date, it will warn you that it's time to go buy a new device entirely. Not long after that, it will refuse to apply any further security or feature updates. In addition to leaving users vulnerable to unpatched security exploits, this means that constantly evolving services such as Gmail will eventually stop working entirely.
Google has been working on a way to warn users six months ahead of time that their device's EOL date is approaching to allow them to plan with a little less time-sensitive desperation. But users running the Canary and Dev early-preview ChromeOS builds discovered a bug in the new code the hard way. After any reboot, brand-new devices started warning "this is the last automatic software and security update for this Chromebook. To get future updates, upgrade to a newer model." I hope Microsoft do not get any ideas like this

I thought I'd done enough research before I bought it, but so much I didn't pay any attention to. I think the OS has a place, but not with me. I'm a Windows gal for sure