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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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[-] IcedCoffeeBitch@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  1. To me it isn't acceptable that phones and tablets have that problem too, especially devices that could still have a decent performance.

  2. Windows has a lot of problems, but at least if you have Windows you will be supported for a long while, even if it gets slow due to Windows being Windows. Considering ChromeOS frames itself as a competitor of especially low end Windows, and that ChromeOS is more optimized than Windows, I would expect more.

EDIT: The article says three to six years, and that they stop functioning. That's even worse.

EDIT2: And like most phones, you can't flash another OS to most chromebooks.

[-] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

I agree it's not nice, some phones are abandoned within a year or two.

I believe the CB will just stop receiving updates, it will still work. Over time there may come issues due to missing updates.

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