Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin

https://beehaw.org/post/6797585

Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin - Beehaw

There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.

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A tutorial and slight manifesto on reviving end-of-life Chromebooks. How to make them into autonomous servers, and why we need to rethink computing in the age of climate collapse.

Sunshine and Seedlings: A Newsletter by HydroponicTrash
I love this, the idea that the hardware is done once the software gives out is asinine. It’s also what companies have been selling us on for decades now. It’s long past time to rethink the idea of what hardware lifespan really looks like