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The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software (hackaday.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And my kids school requires every parent to have a Google account to track progress and share information.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    What happens if you refuse?

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    They probably would have to find accommodation for you, although I’m sure it’d be very inconvenient. But still technically there.

    As to if you refuse to have your child be issued a Chromebook and Google account, probably not much you can do, as they are providing everything.

    My personal answer to this question is the same as if it were an employer issued mandatory Chromebook; me the employee (or my child the student) is a different entity than me the individual. Me the individual refuses to have anything to do with Google, and that’s enough of a fight for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Around here if you can't refuse. My coworker is currently fighting that battle. His basically being threatened by the state that he either complies, home schools and compiles with those requirements which still has google requirements. Or he has to deal with the legal penalties of not sending his kid to school.

    The accomodations is basically pay out of pocket for a private school. Because there is no accmodation for "free" services. Even the "poor" can do it so it's a non optional expectation.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Earlier in my school years, we had to use Microsoft Office products. Then later on we were expected to use Google Drive, as they wanted to teach us what we can use without paying Microsoft.

    At one point it was also mandatory to have a blog because the teacher was big on Web 2.0, and they of course pushed blogspot (Google). I think I went with managed wordpress instead, but may remember wrong.

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