▲ 3 ▼ Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com) submitted 3 years ago by UngodlyAudrey@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of "planned obsolescence".
[+] gronjo45@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PAPPP@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, drop me a note with the details and I'll see if I can give you a hand. I'm not super expert in all the specifics of the Chromebook ecosystem, but I have good general computer/Unix skills and have hacked a couple so I know where to look for resources. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] gronjo45@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PAPPP@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, drop me a note with the details and I'll see if I can give you a hand. I'm not super expert in all the specifics of the Chromebook ecosystem, but I have good general computer/Unix skills and have hacked a couple so I know where to look for resources. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] gronjo45@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent