▲ 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".
[–] Montagge@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Apple does the same thing if you don't already have those installed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) My 2nd gen Apple TV is garbage. Nearly all the apps fail to load now. 🤷♂️… I suppose I can try jailbreaking it but it sure feels like someone is trying to force me to upgrade my hardware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 years ago That’s a product that hasn’t had an Apple update since 2014. What realistically do you expect hardware manufacturers to do with actually old hardware? Lose money supporting it forever? This is kind of the opposite case from the chromebooks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) My 2nd gen Apple TV is garbage. Nearly all the apps fail to load now. 🤷♂️… I suppose I can try jailbreaking it but it sure feels like someone is trying to force me to upgrade my hardware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 years ago That’s a product that hasn’t had an Apple update since 2014. What realistically do you expect hardware manufacturers to do with actually old hardware? Lose money supporting it forever? This is kind of the opposite case from the chromebooks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 years ago That’s a product that hasn’t had an Apple update since 2014. What realistically do you expect hardware manufacturers to do with actually old hardware? Lose money supporting it forever? This is kind of the opposite case from the chromebooks. permalink fedilink source parent