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		jbigelow76 on Nov 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Macintosh Endgame Google does if you're paying attention to the long game. Does anyone think that Chrome, and by extension ChromeOS, is pure altruism?

snowwrestler on Nov 28, 2016 | [–]

It's probably more accurate to say that Google hopes to. I don't know that I've ever seen an analysis that directly connects the dots between Chromebooks and profit growth at Google.

mcphage on Nov 29, 2016 | [–]

I meant more in terms of the hardware manufacturers; obviously Google does (or intends to).

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