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-square296fedilinkarrow-up1795arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1792arrow-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-square296fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareBellaDonna@mujico.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoPhones shouldn’t be disposable either, I’m coming up on five years on mine.
minus-squareboonhetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThey shouldn’t be, but they’re designed to be, especially Androids with their abysmal software support period.
minus-squareBellaDonna@mujico.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 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.