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Hello! Here are a few other problems with the Chromebooks. The other review is about restarting secretly but here is more stuff that is not only 1 problem:

1. Bottom of the Chromebooks (under the keyboard) burning somebody: For some reason, whenever I use it, it gets hot and burns me (if placed on a lap) and nobody wants that. There's that one time that almost burned me (not a fire) and almost hurts my body that I have to go to the hospital if I get burned
2. Storage: I don't know why they provide the worst options but they should change it from min as 128 GB and the max option being 2 or 4 TB as I think it doesn't meet the requirements to be a "good" laptop currently
3. Slow charging speeds: At certain times, when I am using a real character that came with (real brand) that is 45 W as it says on the charger, it does not charge that fast sometimes despite with a few tabs open saying it takes a few hours when no settings were adjusted
4. Poor CPU performance: It does handle good but the only bad thing is that it does run slowly despite that there are other ones (that isn't slow but not a gaming version) that are better
5. Autocorrect correcting (it's a thing at the Settings app and the option "Enhanced spell check: To fix spelling errors, Chrome sends the text you type in the browser to Google") stuff into weird stuff that I never requested: At certain times, autocorrect would make weird stuff. For example, if I tried to type a word that I cannot type properly like "customize", it sometimes ignores it and forcing me to correct it by right clicking or it would just sometimes randomly place a misspelled thing like "custoomize" for example if I type like that or even being it uppercased like "CUSTOMIZE". Which should not do that as it should be improved. For example, if somebody was typing something and showing it to somebody (like a slideshow presentation) and one of these happens, it is embarrassing. Then people would make fun of the person who typed that which isn't funny
6. Not enough keys to be customized: In the keyboard section in the Settings app, there's a way to customize a keyboard. While there are things like changing the keyboard layout to a different language or something like Dvorak, and also features like changing the Ctrl key into something else. While it is useful, the lock button or the power button on the top right of the Chromebook keyboard cannot be changed
7. Camera app not saving settings: When I used the app somewhere around Feb 2025 or something like that, when I opened it, the front camera and the back camera were set in a weird resolution. The part I'm talking about is the "Photo aspect ratio". For some reason, when I switch the front camera to the back camera, the back camera isn't wide for some reason and the back camera is set to 4:3. However, I prefer 16:9 as it looks better for the back camera. When I checked the next day, it resets to 4:3 without any warning. Also, the front camera is at 16:9 when checked but when switching it to the back camera and looking at it again, it's set to 4:3 without a reason. Then it keeps adjusting it for no reason. Also, when switching from the front camera to the back camera, it takes a very long time (takes less than 15 seconds) which I think there's something wrong with the design that they are not supposed to do. Notes: Back camera(s) appear in some models by the way (which I wouldn't say is a problem)
7. Touchscreen glitches: In 2024, I started to notice that it's zooming in and out and I don't know why it happened. So I ignored it but it keeps distracting me. And I did know the model has a touchscreen, I tried cleaning it, and it worked. However, after a few days, the glitch comes back and it's annoying. Also, I saw other people having the same issue. So that means the touchscreen is not made correctly despite cleaning it
8. Needs to be liquid-proof: When I was drinking milk one time in early 2024, I spilled it and then, some keys doesn't even work and for some reason, when I press the H key, it presses the W key also because of not being liquid-proof (or waterproof)
9. Losing all local data when I forget my account password: For some reason, on Feb 2025, when my device crashed (due to a another reason but more info can be found in a another complaint about the same company), I typed the password the wrong way and I didn't know that. I did sign out and press that I forgot my password but it tries to delete my local data if I continue which I do not want because there are important websites that I normally use everyday (like Gmail) and they could've just allowed us to enter the new password instead and save the data and if there is a hacking attempt by changing the password, a user can go to https://myaccount.google.com/security and fix it or see what device it was. So that's not a hard thing to add

These are all the reasons why I don't like my Chromebook. If these issues aren't fixed (between these years) by 2026-2030, then I will sue them for not fixing these issues here. If I need to add something to the list, I will mention it in the comments of this complaint. If one of the issues up here is resolved by a update, then I'll say the issue is resolved for whatever number is listed

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