UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 years agomessage-square218fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoAnd as soon as the IT guy at school installs Linux on these machines, he’s responsible for said privacy and security. And he’s a lot easier to sue than Google if something goes wrong.
minus-square🐝🇭🇪🅻🅻🇪🇧🅴🆁🇹🐝@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThis is exactly why right here, cost aside. I would not hand out hundreds of Chromebooks to kids running some Linux distro I installed even if I could.
And as soon as the IT guy at school installs Linux on these machines, he’s responsible for said privacy and security. And he’s a lot easier to sue than Google if something goes wrong.
This is exactly why right here, cost aside.
I would not hand out hundreds of Chromebooks to kids running some Linux distro I installed even if I could.