UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to [email protected] • 1 year agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1774arrow-down1external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square300fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoPhones shouldn’t be disposable either, I’m coming up on five years on mine.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThey shouldn’t be, but they’re designed to be, especially Androids with their abysmal software support period.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI guess mine is unusual then. I still get very regular security updates, and battery life though noticeably shorter, well, it’s still okay.
Phones shouldn’t be disposable either, I’m coming up on five years on mine.
They shouldn’t be, but they’re designed to be, especially Androids with their abysmal software support period.
I guess mine is unusual then. I still get very regular security updates, and battery life though noticeably shorter, well, it’s still okay.