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-square287fedilinkarrow-up1767arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1766arrow-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-square287fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareorca@orcas.enjoying.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou had to remove a screw to install Linux? Is that like a physical tampering prevention measure? Makes me think of how I had to swap a jumper to install a GPU in an old HP tower that had integrated video.
minus-squareTedvdB@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoYes it’s exactly that, check out this documentation.
You had to remove a screw to install Linux? Is that like a physical tampering prevention measure? Makes me think of how I had to swap a jumper to install a GPU in an old HP tower that had integrated video.
Yes it’s exactly that, check out this documentation.