▲ 990 ▼ The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents (fortune.com) submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archived copies of the article: ghostarchive.org web.archive.org
[+] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) Oh trust me I know. They make big promises, and sell these devices dirt cheap to state education systems, and frame it as an altruistic, benevolent act. Meanwhile you can’t install any other software on them and it’s entirely locked into using google’s “education” software permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) Also where are the “think of the children” folks that are putting in the age verification laws. Shouldn’t they be concerned that a marketing agency built to profile individuals is privy to everything your kids do at school? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago Privacy is too woke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) Oh trust me I know. They make big promises, and sell these devices dirt cheap to state education systems, and frame it as an altruistic, benevolent act. Meanwhile you can’t install any other software on them and it’s entirely locked into using google’s “education” software permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) Also where are the “think of the children” folks that are putting in the age verification laws. Shouldn’t they be concerned that a marketing agency built to profile individuals is privy to everything your kids do at school? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago Privacy is too woke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (1 child) Also where are the “think of the children” folks that are putting in the age verification laws. Shouldn’t they be concerned that a marketing agency built to profile individuals is privy to everything your kids do at school? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago Privacy is too woke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago Privacy is too woke permalink fedilink source parent