I can understand the argument for school provided computers. At the dawn of the PC era, students from well off families did have a legitimate advantage by being able to afford a home PC.
At the same time, yes, the admins of these devices have abused their access and I don't like training students on devices that treat them like Serfs of Google.
@SaftyKuma @mhoye @mcc the schools are set up for failure here. they have budgets which means they cannot hire competent admins except those who will work for charity, their equipment is perpetually outdated, their deployments are highly adversarial (nobody's more motivated to attack student devices than other students), the environment is stressful and political… none of the solutions are tech, it's all policy and organizing. which, as a tech person, is a bit depressing.