From Chrome Apps to the Web
This is going to be really annoying since hardware access from HTML5 is still very rough and not even standardized.  Stuff like talking to a serial port isn't even on the radar (so good luck programming a board like BBC micro:bit, Arduino, etc. without a native app), and efforts like WebUSB are still extremely early and not even a full standard.  I feel like the product managers making this decision are completely oblivious to the major gaps between chrome app support & HTML5 support.  This line in particular is basically a giant middle finger to folks in this situation: "Developers who can’t fully move their apps to the web can help us prioritize new APIs to fill the gaps left by Chrome apps."<p>So in short, Google proves once again to _never_ take a bet on their technology.