I used to think so too, but when my extremely-non-techy mother's Chromebook died, she was able to switch from chrome OS to Ubuntu with minimal fuss. Chrome OS has some specific features, but if you just need a web browser Ubuntu works fine.
You say this only because she hasn’t been ransomwared yet, which is impossible on ChromeOS.
You say this only because she hasn’t been ransomwared yet, which is impossible on ChromeOS.