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-square303fedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1794arrow-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-square303fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoSorry! I didn’t realize it was paywalled because I could see the whole thing. Hopefully this should work: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2F2023%2F07%2F24%2Fbuilt-in-software-death-dates-are-sending-thousands-of-schools-chromebooks-to-the-recycling-bin%2F
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoHmmm, I too could see it fine. Could be region-based.
Sorry! I didn’t realize it was paywalled because I could see the whole thing. Hopefully this should work:
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2F2023%2F07%2F24%2Fbuilt-in-software-death-dates-are-sending-thousands-of-schools-chromebooks-to-the-recycling-bin%2F
Hmmm, I too could see it fine. Could be region-based.