This is the fate of most digital tech, is it not? I installed a new offering from Google on it called ChromeOS Flex, which replaces Windows or Mac software with a lightweight operating system from Google. Old digital devices fill landfills, often wasting precious metals or putting toxins into the ground. Digital tech has produced a culture of disposability, of planned obsolescence. Perhaps something similar can happen when it comes to renewing and reinvigorating old tech — that rather than merely gathering dust, that old laptop on your shelf can be put to use once more.

Source: thestar July 24, 2022 01:26 UTC