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“You get that loyalty early, and potentially for life”: internal Google documents describe how their presence in schools helps the company build a “pipeline of future users.” (www.nbcnews.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42215281

screenshot of slide with text:Imagine a world where...Parents ask their children "Why aren't you watching more YouTube?"Children from small villages can become engineers and doctorsTeachers can uplevel their classroom by curating the best videos against their syllabusSchool Administrators shift budgets from Textbooks to YouTube subscriptionsGoogle Confidential and Proprietary

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Holy shit imagine thinking "shifting budgets from textbooks to YouTube subscriptions" isn't dystopian as fuck as you write it

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This isn't new even in the computing world. In the 1990s Apple had huge donations to primary schools and large discounts to college students for years gaining a couple of generations of customers.

Remember these?

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[–] Labotomized@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hopefully all the chromebooks in school will push the kids to Linux and not just chromeOS.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Getting them when they're young is a play out of religion's handbook. (The double entendre wasn't intended)

[–] danglydong75@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

The same tactic as tobacco companies and drug dealers! Go with what works, I guess.