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Re:Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates by nonameiguess on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:09PM (#37513381)
Not to be antagonistic, but this story makes it sound like your advantage came from the fact you had a computer early and your peers didn't. If everyone gets one, there is no advantage. You've just created a new necessity instead.
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Re:Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates by NavinF on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:38PM (#37513795)
That's an odd takeaway but even if you're right, people who don't use computers suffer a massive disadvantage. Even more so if all their peers used computers. Doesn't change the fact that GP's "parents, teachers, and students [...] should never have been using computers in the first place" is nonsensical flamebait
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Re:Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates by pb7 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:42PM (#37513853)
The advantage came from being better at it sooner in life. That’s an advantage for a productive society.
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Re:Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates by circuit10 on Friday September 15, 2023 @07:29AM (#37521421)
> If everyone gets one, there is no advantage.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_thinking

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