UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to [email protected] • 10 months agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareastraeuslinkEnglish33•10 months agoI love this, the idea that the hardware is done once the software gives out is asinine. It’s also what companies have been selling us on for decades now. It’s long past time to rethink the idea of what hardware lifespan really looks like
I love this, the idea that the hardware is done once the software gives out is asinine. It’s also what companies have been selling us on for decades now. It’s long past time to rethink the idea of what hardware lifespan really looks like