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Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin (www.mercurynews.com)
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There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of "planned obsolescence".

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[–] 12 points 3 years ago

I think its more that Google supports them for only so long and then they go bitrotten. The final update for these devices should also unlock the firmware so people can wipe the device and install Linux or something on it.

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