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

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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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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

They don't want to train people for real computers. They want to train them for thin clients that access and rent their centralised infrastructure.