UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1774arrow-down1external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years agomessage-square298fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️OPlinkfedilink18•2 years 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)linkfedilink5•2 years 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.