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Google breaks promise to provide 10 years of updates to Chromebooks

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  1. sodacanner · · focus · HN ↗
    A maybe not-so-silver lining is that the major consumers of Chromebooks (schools, mostly) probably won't see their hardware survive that long.
    1. bushbaba · · focus · HN ↗
      You’d be surprised I’m sure some schools did have it last that long
      1. freedomben · · focus · HN ↗
        I'm on the school board for our school, and they last a few years if we're lucky. There are some that survive up to maybe 7, but they accrete so much damage by then. While I think it would have been ideal for G to keep it 10 years, I think in practice it won't matter for many people. Most students are awfully hard on those things after all.
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