UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 年前Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up1784arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1784arrow-down1external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 年前message-square300fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-square🐝🇭🇪🅻🅻🇪🇧🅴🆁🇹🐝@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 年前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.
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.