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		ninju on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to manage phones and PCs for elderly p... A Chromebook a good option.

mynameisnoone on April 23, 2024 [–]

Definitely not. These timeout creating e-waste and are borderline useless.

nolist_policy on April 23, 2024 | | [–]

I don't know what you're talking about. Chromebooks receive 10 years of updates.

dangus on April 23, 2024 | | [–]

Old people don’t need to care about e-waste, most computers will last longer than them.

stacktrust on April 23, 2024 | | [–]

> most computers will last longer than them

With a life expectancy of 80, there's 15 years from 65-80.

Chromebook lifetime: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366

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