If this was desktop Linux, I would agree, but Chromebooks are even more locked down and more painful to install other OSes than even Win8 PCs with Secure Boot. Having to type Ctrl-L on every boot sucks.
The default OS ties everything to Google's cloud including even the login. There can be no native apps that modify the system except for Google's own. Can there be a Firefox for ChromeOS that runs on a non-dev mode ChromeOS like there is for OS X or Windows?
Not sure what there is to cheer about people replacing their Macs and PCs with a dumb terminal to Google's cloud.
>"In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage installing applications," he told The Guardian. "I'd say the problem is in the nature of the job ChromeOS is designed to do. Namely, encourage you to keep your data elsewhere, and do your computing elsewhere, instead of doing it in your own computer."