Gregory's Server
> Kimathi Bradford, a 16-year-old Oakland tech repair intern, has looked into whether there was a way to replace the outdated Chromebook software with a non-Google brand, but it ended up being a lot of work, Kimathi said, and the open-source replacement wasn’t up to par.
> “It’s like the Fritos of software,” he said. “No one really wants to use it.”
*blink-blink* I beg your pardon?
If I have to choose between "not up to par" and "absolutely unacceptable" like sending thousands of laptops to e-waste, I will always choose the former any day.
@mcc
> But like many on his team, he wonders why the software life on older models can’t just be extended.
Oh, it can. It perfectly can.
They just ain't gonna.
I hate being this guy again, but sorry. The trap has sprung. And you've marched into it. And of course it will be way more expensive to get out of the trap than to stay in it forever. This is how traps work.