Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin
Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin
www.mercurynews.com Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin
Doubling the lifespan of older Chromebooks would save California’s schools $225 million, according to advocacy group CALPIRG.
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of "planned obsolescence".
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still using things like Google Chrome or Chromebooks in 2023 is actually reckless behaviour. stuff like manifest v3 and the web integrity api just prove that google will use their monopoly to take over the open internet
Yes, why have we as a society allowed Google of all companies to take over something as important as public education? It's downright dystopian.
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