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“Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Remontoire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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No security or feature updates, but selling as "new." I guess they need to switch to Linux if able..

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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

And Android and whatever else.

You want to lock down bootloaders and installed software while you're supporting it? It depends on how you manage it how much I like or dislike it. But any software on a device you don't support should automatically enter public domain and you should be required to unlock it.