UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square301fedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1794arrow-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 year agomessage-square301fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareEddyBot@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agothe Chromebooks with ARM processor (the majority of the cheaper ones) are notoriously known to be awful to install any alternative operating system
the Chromebooks with ARM processor (the majority of the cheaper ones) are notoriously known to be awful to install any alternative operating system