Somewhere in recent history, Google added autocorrect to ChromeOS devices. Like most annoying software features, they defaulted it to on because as we all know, nobody would ever think to go looking for a feature and turn it on if they wanted that capability to be active.
I, of course, don't care in the slightest for software that thinks it knows better than I. So, as soon as I figured out where the toggle was, I turned it off.
Since that time, it has randomly come back on again after some ChromeOS updates.
Of course, he who admits to running beta software probably gets exactly what he deserves.
I think one of the dictums of good software development should be that even when you add new features to a program, the user's preferences are sacrosanct. That should be true even when some or all of them are the defaults. Don't screw with them when someone upgrades, even if you think your new feature is the best thing ever. Let the user determine that for themselves -- if and when they want to!
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