Applications for google chrome cease to exist

A year ago that Google Chrome warned that the applications were going to disappear in 2017. Finally, that moment has already arrived. It occurs on both Windows and Mac and Linux. At the moment it seems that they will only be maintained in Chrome OS. But, if we enter the Chrome Web Store we see that the applications section has already disappeared permanently.

Google Chrome apps cease to exist

Google Chrome apps have never ceased to be popular, unlike extensions. In fact, several reports have revealed that only 1% of users used these applications. So the browser has seen that its utility was almost non-existent. Reason why they decide to delete them. Also, in many cases they were simply shortcuts.

Google Chrome says goodbye to applications

This is not a surprising decision. Since they had announced it a long time ago, but also because the percentage of use of web applications is nil. So this is a reasonable decision by Google Chrome. In this way, they can focus their efforts on extensions. Something that enjoys popularity and with the approval of the public.

Furthermore, extensions help them differentiate themselves from other browsers. So it is a situation where they win. It is expected that by the middle of next year Google will have a much broader catalog of web applications for the operating systems in which the Google Chrome applications were already working.

Although not much more is known about the company's plans in this regard. So we will have to wait and see throughout these weeks what Google Chrome brings us. What do you think of this decision?