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-square🐝🇭🇪🅻🅻🇪🇧🅴🆁🇹🐝 ( Hellebert@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 years agoThis is exactly why right here, cost aside. I would not hand out hundreds of Chromebooks to kids running some Linux distro I installed even if I could. It’s critical to have full manufacturer support in these types of environments.
This is exactly why right here, cost aside.
I would not hand out hundreds of Chromebooks to kids running some Linux distro I installed even if I could. It’s critical to have full manufacturer support in these types of environments.