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

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      And as soon as the IT guy at school installs Linux on these machines, he’s responsible for said privacy and security. And he’s a lot easier to sue than Google if something goes wrong.

      • 🐝🇭🇪🅻🅻🇪🇧🅴🆁🇹🐝@beehaw.org
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        This is exactly why right here, cost aside.

        I would not hand out hundreds of Chromebooks to kids running some Linux distro I installed even if I could. It’s critical to have full manufacturer support in these types of environments.

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      Yes but there might already be personal data on them from the child, so they cannot give the chromebooks out before wiping them, which seems hard to do so they just bin em.