UngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to [email protected] • 1 year agoBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.commessage-square295fedilinkarrow-up1791file-text
arrow-up1790external-linkBuilt-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling binwww.mercurynews.comUngodlyAudrey🏳️⚧️ to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square295fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•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-squareTedvdBlinkfedilinkEnglish4•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.