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Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That can be as cheap as Chromebook. Expenses at reliability are partially redeemed by no need for such complexity and computing power.

[โ€“] ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 1 points 51 minutes ago

Chromebooks that schools use don't have any computing power to speak of. There's none to lose