IMO the biggest sell for Chromebooks in the education market (which is where they shine) is the software. It's a locked down OS with a cloud login that means when you encounter the slightest hardware issue you can swap out for another device seamlessly. macOS doesn't have anything comparable to that.

Not only can you buy two and a half Chromebooks with this, they never had much uptake outside a few countries school system.

Chromebook’s are like $200