Ask HN: Is Stadia just a prototype for thin client?

When I tore apart my gen1 Chromebook, I was surprised at how little hardware was actually in there. I hadn't expected much apart from a wifi card and a flash drive... but still it was minimal.

Now with Stadia going full blown streaming I wonder if this is just a monetizable prototype for a thin client technology for a leaner versio of Chromebook/ GSuite (cringe) businesses.

Someone else made an awesome Sun Microsystems post that made me hypothesize.