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-square303fedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1794arrow-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-square303fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareichbinjasokreativ@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoMy 15 years old Linux laptop can still do everything (except gaming new titles)
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoPffft… I can’t even get a laptop battery to last that long.
My 15 years old Linux laptop can still do everything (except gaming new titles)
Pffft… I can’t even get a laptop battery to last that long.