UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ ( UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org ) to Technology · 3 years agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square229linkfedilinkarrow-up1794file-text
arrow-up1794external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ ( UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org ) to Technology · 3 years agomessage-square229linkfedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareConsciousCode ( ConsciousCode@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 years agoThat wasn’t planned obsolescence though, it was an industry-created standard for the tradeoff between efficiency, brightness, and lifespan. Planned obsolescence is specifically when a product is made to break sooner than it needs to.
That wasn’t planned obsolescence though, it was an industry-created standard for the tradeoff between efficiency, brightness, and lifespan. Planned obsolescence is specifically when a product is made to break sooner than it needs to.