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Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com)

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There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of "planned obsolescence".

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[–] astraeus@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

I love this, the idea that the hardware is done once the software gives out is asinine. It’s also what companies have been selling us on for decades now. It’s long past time to rethink the idea of what hardware lifespan really looks like