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

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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost certainly not allowed, schools are responsible for privacy and security on these devices.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any standard desktop linux is more private and secure than google spyware

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And as soon as the IT guy at school installs Linux on these machines, he's responsible for said privacy and security. And he's a lot easier to sue than Google if something goes wrong.

[–] Hellebert@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is exactly why right here, cost aside.

I would not hand out hundreds of Chromebooks to kids running some Linux distro I installed even if I could. It's critical to have full manufacturer support in these types of environments.

[–] Hephoh2@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yes but there might already be personal data on them from the child, so they cannot give the chromebooks out before wiping them, which seems hard to do so they just bin em.