UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up1791arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1791arrow-down1external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square300fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squaremichaelfone@waveform.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt should, yes. But that’s not going to stop them from trying. Enough noise from a “concerned parent” will make something happen more often than not.
It should, yes. But that’s not going to stop them from trying. Enough noise from a “concerned parent” will make something happen more often than not.
This is why we can’t have nice things