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-square301fedilinkarrow-up1793arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1793arrow-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-square301fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squarekelvinjps@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot even that, computers don’t work wit enough CPU, GPU RAM, are easily interchangeable
Not even that, computers don’t work wit enough CPU, GPU RAM, are easily interchangeable