Chromium OS source released

Chromium OS source released

So is this really so bad?

Potentially, yes. If every hardware vendor decides that this is what the "consumers" want, which is (as always) a projection of the marketing people's ideas onto the "consumers", you won't be able to buy a device which isn't bundled with and tied to the vendor-supplied software.

It's bad enough having Windows bundled with most computers sold via the usual retail channels. Swapping Windows out for something else and making it extremely difficult for the buyer to install their own software (let alone get a refund on the bundled and tied software) isn't progress.