@amsomniac @akkartik @neauoire @aw The Linux thing was put in intentionally. It's not a loophole via technical shortcoming. https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en

@amsomniac yeah I mean I don't disagree, but it's not really relevant to what I was talking about.

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@amsomniac it's not fundamentally different than windows or mac. the OS eventually drops support for old hardware. google just does it too aggressively, famously. even linux drops support for old stuff, eventually.

@neauoire @aw Chromebooks actually rule. You can drop into real Linux and do whatever you want with just a few clicks. And if you totally screw it up, you can reset it easily.

@Natris1979 @neauoire @aw I dunno, in some of the places I frequent online, they're clogged with kids aged like 10-14 using Chromebooks in Linux mode, asking for help with compilers, text editors, data formats

@neauoire @calutron fortunately you can openly rip off, mock, and repurpose anything that's made like that. US courts have ruled that AI generated art cannot be copyrighted, and it seems like everyone else will follow, as well.

@neauoire why would people need to adopt more sustainable longterm approaches?

@neauoire yeah, I'm asking you to give me an answer to that question :)