Perhaps it was not entirely altruistic of Google to get into the K12 Education market to begin with. Consider that kids who grow up are often inclined to choos

Perhaps it was not entirely altruistic of Google to get into the K12 Education market to begin with. Consider that kids who grow up are often inclined to choose computers (or whatever they used in school) as a familiar thing that they have experience and skills with. For example, introducing me to Unix in college cemented my career as a sysadmin, and I eagerly ran Minix/BSD/Linux at home at the first opportunity. So if Google could earn itself some brand recognition and some product-based goodwill from young students by furnishing a Chromebook for everyone to play/work on for their formative years, I think it's a win that doesn't even need them to calculate the backlash from rapidly-obsolete eWaste in the future.