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>half of the appeal to me is that they are effectively disposable and don't need to be fawned over. Maybe there's a hidden cost to pay for making e-waste disp
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>half of the appeal to me is that they are effectively disposable and don't need to be fawned over.
Maybe there's a hidden cost to pay for making e-waste disposable hardware which is felt at the environmental level.
I'm pretty disturbed at how this waste is not considered in the rich west, as it only looks at the monetary cost of the device and not at the fact that those devices most likely end up in landfills much sooner than should be accepted.
Just becasue we can financially accept such a thing, doesn't mean we should, for the sake of the environment.
- xyzzy_plugh 3y agoI've gone through a few Chromebooks but what is, or perhaps is not, surprising is that I haven't gone through them at a meaningfully different rate than regular laptops. Given that, it seems like a net win, at least for me. You can't seriously say that the likes of HP or Dell have not simply extorting the school system for years. My Chromebooks are just as durable. Besides, after several years of use by kids, I have a hard time imagining these things becoming anything other than waste. And where I live in the west, I pay an additional tax for products which create e-waste (namely consumer electronics) and I must dispose of them at appropriate facilities. E-waste is definitely a problem but it's not a relevant factor here as far as I can tell.