Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They kill you!

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• blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They probably would have to find accommodation for you, although I’m sure it’d be very inconvenient. But still technically there.

  As to if you refuse to have your child be issued a Chromebook and Google account, probably not much you can do, as they are providing everything.

  My personal answer to this question is the same as if it were an employer issued mandatory Chromebook; me the employee (or my child the student) is a different entity than me the individual. Me the individual refuses to have anything to do with Google, and that’s enough of a fight for me.

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  • seralth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Around here if you can’t refuse. My coworker is currently fighting that battle. His basically being threatened by the state that he either complies, home schools and compiles with those requirements which still has google requirements. Or he has to deal with the legal penalties of not sending his kid to school.

    The accomodations is basically pay out of pocket for a private school. Because there is no accmodation for “free” services. Even the “poor” can do it so it’s a non optional expectation.

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