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-square302fedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1794arrow-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-square302fedilinkfile-text
There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.
minus-squareHiddenLayer5@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago I am actually curious as to how you would make a locked down managed linux OS akin to ChromeOS. Because Linus Torvalds stupidly refused to change the Linux license to GPL3.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoWhat difference would the kernel licence make in this context?
Because Linus Torvalds stupidly refused to change the Linux license to GPL3.
What difference would the kernel licence make in this context?