There should be a legal requirement to make documentation available for all unsupported Chromebooks to unlock the boot loader and allow for installing an alternative OS. Furthermore, they should be required to release engineering docs.
They should also be required to support it for X (exact time is up for debate) years after they stop selling it so you have some minimum amount of time that you know the device will be supported for no matter when you buy it.
There should be a legal requirement to make documentation available for all unsupported Chromebooks to unlock the boot loader and allow for installing an alternative OS. Furthermore, they should be required to release engineering docs.
They should also be required to support it for X (exact time is up for debate) years after they stop selling it so you have some minimum amount of time that you know the device will be supported for no matter when you buy it.
@housepanther @Remontoire this but covering all devices
Agreed, though I thought that all ChromeOS devices could be bootloader unlocked.
That could very well be the case and I could be wrong. I kind of operated under the assumption that Chromebooks are heavily locked down.
More information on ChromeOS devices and developer mode.