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-square300fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1774arrow-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-square300fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareramjambamalam@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSame thing it does for any instution that loans out hardware, e.g. employers: monitoring remote lockdown / wipe remote management of installed software etc.
Same thing it does for any instution that loans out hardware, e.g. employers:
monitoring
remote lockdown / wipe
remote management of installed software
etc.