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

Technology@beehaw.org – 776 points – 12 months ago

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

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I haven't (will never) had the experience of owning chromebook as a student, what does the MDM will do here? Cheating prevention?

Mobile Device Management, aka the administering of software to a fleet of devices.

Same thing it does for any instution that loans out hardware, e.g. employers: