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		modeless on Dec 13, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome OS and IT platform longevity > Will Google allow you to install a patched version on a native Chrome OS notebook? The answer is an unqualified yes. According to Google, jailbreak mode is a feature of Chrome OS hardware. On the Cr-48, it requires flipping a small switch under the battery.

dochtman on Dec 13, 2010 [–]

If it's a hardware feature, who knows what the other hardware vendors will do with that?

modeless on Dec 13, 2010 | [–]

You don't have to buy that hardware. The point is Google is all in favor of you having control.

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