Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste

Re:Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’r... by jraph on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:32PM (#37384737)

I don't know about the good deal but the e-waste part was clear from the beginning. No surprise. It's written on the package.

For this reason, and the part where the children's privacy is sold to Google, and the part where the children are taught to rely on someone else's computer (in particular big US corps), and the part where the pupils need to agree to some private corp's ToS for what is mandatory and public, schools should never have signed for this. No, it was not a good deal.

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Re:Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’r... by blackhaz on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:54PM (#37384963)

Could not agree more. Google is nothing but assaulting the integrity of the educational system and well-being of the children and our common future. The value is not only not added, but is taken away from the educational process. I thought Microsoft was evil in the 90s, but seeing this soulless monster of a corporation anywhere near my children feels like a freaking horror movie.

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Re:Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’r... by nolist_policy on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @12:52PM (#37394534)

At least Chromebooks are secure out of the box.

It's sad Google seems to be the only player in this space who really cares about security. Every other OS is a shitshow by comparison.

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