@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.mlEnglish • 11 months agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.com@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.mlEnglish • 11 months 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-square@ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish27•11 months agoyou think school districts pay their IT departments enough to deal with that shit? If they even have one, at least here in Texas a lot of schools just hire random dudes to come in every so often
minus-square小莱卡linkfedilinkEnglish12•11 months agoyea apparently they only have part-time teenagers lol
minus-square@ImOnADiet@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish9•11 months agoWouldn’t surprise me in the least
you think school districts pay their IT departments enough to deal with that shit? If they even have one, at least here in Texas a lot of schools just hire random dudes to come in every so often
yea apparently they only have part-time teenagers lol
Wouldn’t surprise me in the least