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-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前They shouldn’t be, but they’re designed to be, especially Androids with their abysmal software support period.
minus-squareBellaDonna@mujico.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前I guess mine is unusual then. I still get very regular security updates, and battery life though noticeably shorter, well, it’s still okay.
They shouldn’t be, but they’re designed to be, especially Androids with their abysmal software support period.
I guess mine is unusual then. I still get very regular security updates, and battery life though noticeably shorter, well, it’s still okay.