But after these funds dried up, schools have struggled to replace broken or outdated devices, which last on average less than a decade despite Google’s efforts to extend device life spans.
Even disregarding the google planned obsolescence stuff, they expect to get 10 years out of a computer that is used daily for 3/4 of the year AND being given to teens/kids who are on the go from class to class and then home. It’s not a reasonable expectation. Even treating a laptop perfectly, its just too much of a dangerous environment for a piece of tech to reasonably expect it’s going to make it to the 10th year.
“What’s that Google? When you design things from the ground up with planned obsolescence in mind, it’s suddenly hard to UNDO the mess you made of the hardware? Who would have thunk it.”
HA
Even disregarding the google planned obsolescence stuff, they expect to get 10 years out of a computer that is used daily for 3/4 of the year AND being given to teens/kids who are on the go from class to class and then home. It’s not a reasonable expectation. Even treating a laptop perfectly, its just too much of a dangerous environment for a piece of tech to reasonably expect it’s going to make it to the 10th year.
Right?
“What’s that Google? When you design things from the ground up with planned obsolescence in mind, it’s suddenly hard to UNDO the mess you made of the hardware? Who would have thunk it.”