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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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[–] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 48 points 2 years ago (7 children)

There should be a legal requirement to make documentation available for all unsupported Chromebooks to unlock the boot loader and allow for installing an alternative OS. Furthermore, they should be required to release engineering docs.

[–] brettowe@fosstodon.org 3 points 2 years ago

@housepanther @Remontoire this but covering all devices

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