1188
Google fucked a whole generation with Chromebooks, and now they're fucking the next generation with AI (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/enshittification@lemmy.world
244 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So you had access to a fairly open device, where the system was considerably less restrictive than a Chromebook. Apparently many first time users don't have that luxury any longer. They're stuck with phones and chromebooks (phones with a keyboard slapped on, really). Good luck hacking anything with that locked up shit.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Someone else pointed out it’s not that difficult to boot Linux on your Chromebook off a thumb drive. A quick search shows it might be slightly complicated but seems pretty doable depending on your model.

    Listen I hate Google, but this still seems like a dumb take. There are better things to criticize them for: illegal monopolization of search through anticompetitive practices, making their search product worse on purpose, having no respect for people’s privacy, literally removing their slogan to not be evil, etc).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    As I said above, schools don't let you do that on their Chromebooks. Of course they could provide the same restrictions on other computers probably, so idk if blaming Google is the correct move.

    Although they would have to go as far as not allowing any external executables for it to be that locked down.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent