UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square284fedilinkarrow-up1791arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1791arrow-down1external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years agomessage-square284fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-square@astroturds@startrek.websitelinkfedilink7•2 years 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-square@lenathaw@lemmy.mllinkfedilink3•2 years 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