How to remove the “to get future Google Chrome updates” warning

If you are getting the “to get future Google Chrome updates” — update to Windows 10 and up OR macOS 10.15 and up, you are likely dealing with an end-of-life Operating System issue. In this article, I cover one unconventional option to continue using the hardware without losing out on security updates.

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TL;DR — If you are here because you saw the warning, your hardware is likely old. Your options are to upgrade hardware or switch to Linux. If you are not a computer geek don’t be scared about the word Linux. I tried the solution on someone completely “not a computer geek” with excellent results. Read on if you don’t want to throw out your hardware yet.

What does that warning mean?

As with everything in life, things grow old. So does your laptop or desktop computer. If you are here because you saw the warning “to get future Google Chrome updates” followed by a version of your operating system that you should upgrade to then you are likely among the several people with old but working computers.

According to Google, there are two detailed support pages. I have linked those pages below. That said, I would like to provide my layperson translation first.

It is not that your hardware is broken. It works. However, the Operating System providers (Microsoft and Apple in this case) have upgraded their systems so…