[rossy]

> They are mostly on the wrong side in the war on general-purpose computing.

All modern Chromebooks can be put into developer mode without opening the case, which gives you root access.

[Dylan16807]

They're pretty hostile to it though. With normal developer mode, every boot it actively prompts the user to factory wipe it!

[NewJazz]

And until very recently you could install whatever apk you wanted on your android phone.

[Max-Limelihood]

You still can.