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Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of "planned obsolescence".

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No way it's the schools fault if the kid sidloads anothe os. That should strip the responsibility and it's the parents problem. Ultraconservatives can just stfu. about this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It should, yes. But that’s not going to stop them from trying. Enough noise from a “concerned parent” will make something happen more often than not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is why we can't have nice things