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-square301fedilinkarrow-up1675arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1675arrow-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-square301fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey shouldn’t be, but they’re designed to be, especially Androids with their abysmal software support period.
They shouldn’t be, but they’re designed to be, especially Androids with their abysmal software support period.