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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WTF? What country? Even at jobs where I was given a phone no one felt like ditching their personal devices.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suspect its a millenial thing....

A few of us old guys keep personal devices.... Our young colleages just expect the company to provide devices for them and never have to buy their own

[–] LetKCater2U@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or we can’t afford our own 😕.

[–] AnonymousLemming@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

personal

Decent used laptops are quite affordable. I recently scored one on Ebay for under $100. It runs Linux and everything is snappy.