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-square298fedilinkarrow-up1786arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1786arrow-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-square298fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareastroturds@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI 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.
minus-squarelenathaw@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agosome 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
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.
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