Install Linux and have updates for the Rest of your life. And more performance.

Edit: typo

Came here to recommend nuking it with Linux to get a much slicker experience but I see everyone else had the same idea.

Also gtf off chrome.

This device looks to be supported by the custom firmware project over here: https://mrchromebox.tech

Basically it allows you to replace the stock firmware and just run regular ol' Linux, entirely replacing ChromeOS.

There's also a pretty good video outlining most of the process here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oyqrrXTLM

This post is like catnip for Lemmy users.

Which means it's time for you to switch to Linux

A chromebook? You can install Linux then.

Asus 202c from 2016. They're EoL, so they don't get chrome OS updates. Which means the Play Store is also outdated.

Overall, they're pretty nifty. Battery life is still solid. Keyboard and case is pretty durable.

I actually have a few of these chromebooks! (You can buy them from schools) I've reformatted one with Linux. Another is Chromebook + side loaded for coding. This one is just for browsing and taking notes.

But just the thought that some old person buying a computer and going, "Lemme pick up these Google Things that are $100" only to end up with these errors makes me sad.

Big companies want more e-waste for their own bottom lines.

Fuck chrome

I've got this huge fancy samsung tablet from 2015. It's made to be like a table top display. Has a mount on the back to keep it standing up.

It can't really do anything now. The android version on it stopped being supported by anything. No youtube or Netflix or nothing. There was a bit of homebrew effort to get root and a newer version of android on them about 4 years ago, but it kind of fizzled out. Now it went from a great portable streaming mini TV (what I used it for, anyhow) to e waste.

Linux gang raise!

most websites just check the browser useragent, and if you spoof the useragent, it works. most websites are blocking it artifically even if the website works fine with your browser. so i think it's worth a shot if there are chrome plugins who can spoof the browser useragent.

give it the mrchromebox treatment, and then install linux on it. Good shit.

Now my chromebook is an extremely low power idling node for anything i need it to be, with incredibly like UPS standby times.

Linux and Firefox would get updates!

Something something linux profit?

Probably every comment but install linux

If I was you... I'd..nah, nevermind

Is Firefox an option?

Does it still supported by Chrome OS Flex?

there crappy things are basically made to be thrown away, they're not even supposed to outlive their software support range.