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-square170fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1348arrow-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-square170fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe article’s claiming the problem is planned-obsolete software, not inadequate hardware.
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s their claim, but what’s in the old hardware?
The article’s claiming the problem is planned-obsolete software, not inadequate hardware.
That’s their claim, but what’s in the old hardware?