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		pgrote on Dec 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome Apps are dead, as Google shuts down the Chr... They are deprecating the app and going to a web application. There is also a companion extension, but I am unsure what purpose it serves. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/uVCvle... https://remotedesktop.google.com/

dragonwriter on Dec 7, 2017 [–]

Extensions can use some APIs that are not available to web apps (but not all of the ones that Chrome Apps could use), and Web App + Extension is one of the Google recommended migration paths for Chrome Apps that use functionality beyond that available to pure web apps.

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