Doubling the lifespan of older Chromebooks would save California’s schools $225 million, according to advocacy group CALPIRG.

There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.

  • Arotrios@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Totally - I’ve seen chromebooks that run fine, and it’s good to know that not all school districts are buying garbage machines. I was only speaking to my experience with my son’s, which was a Google branded chromebook - he got it roughly four years ago.