I'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

I'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.