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Why did you buy a device that's patronizing you in the first place? You bought a device that is even advertised as not being fully under your control, then it t
by summm 5y ago
Why did you buy a device that's patronizing you in the first place? You bought a device that is even advertised as not being fully under your control, then it turns out it's actually not under your control. Meh. Put Linux on it and next time buy an normal PC.
- vinceguidry 5y agoYou are completely failing to grasp the level of tyranny here. Schools these days often will not accept non-Chromebook devices.
- dhzhzjsbevs 5y agoProbably shouldn't go round accusing Linux users of "failing to grasp the level of tyranny" when it comes to people forcing the use of Apple, Google or Microsoft operating systems.
- savant_penguin 5y agoI'm curious on how they enforce that
- kube-system 5y agoPresumably, the same way they enforce any other supply requirements.
- wildzzz 5y agoSimply by using some application for things like online test taking that only works on ChromeOS. If you can't afford to buy a Chromebook, you may be eligible to receive one free from the school. Even in college, we had a freshman year computer requirement where we had to have a Tablet PC. Freshman engineering classes all used a Windows-only handwriting application for class participation. The Tablet PCs they sold at the time were expensive and crappy. Luckily the application worked in Wine somehow and you could get by using a cheap Wacom tablet so that's what I did. I sold the Wacom to another freshman so they could do the same. Eventually I bought a used Thinkpad tablet PC because I actually liked handwriting my notes and homework but I hated the fact I was almost forced to.
- Schroedingersat 5y agoAnd the root of the tyranny is devices you 'buy' without owning. Something the parent commentor has probably been trying to warn everyone about since it was first pushed in the 90s like most other long term linux users. 'trusted' computing is tyranniclal, petty managers and school boards exploiting it is its intended use case
- b20000 5y agohow can they enforce that as a public school?
- monkeybutton 5y agoSame way they dictate which graphing calculator you buy?
- b20000 5y agoand how do they do that?
- MrWiffles 5y agoWay to blame the victim. Obviously he didn't know this would happen when he bought the device.