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Chromebooks train schoolkids to be loyal customers, internal Google document suggests (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 days ago by lemmydev2 to c/pulse_of_truth

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Internal documents revealed as part of a child safety lawsuit hint at Google's plan to "onboard kids" into its ecosystem by investing in schools. In this November 2020 presentation, Google writes that getting kids into its ecosystem "leads to brand trust and loyalty over their lifetime," as reported earlier by NBC News. The heavily-redacted documents, […]

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[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Have had 2 kids experience this I can tell that it's the opposite, the Chromebook supplied to the school were the bottom of the barrel in terms of cost and performance, the vast majority of UK (primary) schools are in debt and can't afford better. Which led to the kids actively saying they don't want a Chromebook as they are rubbish.