Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.ml to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 years agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comMarxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.ml to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareLeFantome@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoIs there somewhere that you can pick-up these “death date” laptops?
minus-squareMarxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 years agoeBay soon probably, search “not working or for parts.” Or they’ll do the asinine thing and throw them all away.
Is there somewhere that you can pick-up these “death date” laptops?
eBay soon probably, search “not working or for parts.” Or they’ll do the asinine thing and throw them all away.