Chrome is more than a browser, it let you play games even offline

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3 pointsausjke4 comments

Found out kids are constantly playing that game when wifi was disabled so they can focus on studying for a while, Google is absolutely evil(for god sake they removed that term and slogan recently), in that it makes chrome like a game console to get kids addicted to its platform, even when they are offline.

While firefox does not do this, it has addons that copies the same idea from chrome.

Browser is a browser, not an offline game console, darn it.

Gotta admit, I never thought I'd hear someone try to spin including an offline easter egg as "being evil".

I guess you probably also think that Windows 95 was downright diabolical for including not just one, but several games that can be played instead of doing homework.

it's frustrating when kids have to use browser for their homework while game is readily available all the time. kids unlike adults, is hard to focus when distractions are so easy to access, especially games.

the only way out might be a thin client environment with opera as the browser, in fact, i just downloaded opera, have not touched it for years.

(2015)

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