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”.

  • astroturds@startrek.website
    7·
    1 year ago

    I turned one into an Emacs machine, it was £20 and I fucking love it. It’s built like a tank too. It’s a dell Chromebook 11.

    • lenathaw@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      some of those little machines are incredibly well built, it’s a shame they go eol so quickly. Good to have Linux as an alternative OS