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

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