It is bad enough what Microsoft does to suppport, but Google is horrible. “Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale
Thirteen Chromebook models have met their death date since June 1 and won't receive security updates or new features from Google anymore. But that hasn't stopped the Chromebooks from being listed for sale on sites like Amazon for the same prices as before.
Take the Asus Chromebook Flip C302. It came out in 2018, and on June 1—about five years later—it reached its automatic update expiration (AUE) date. But right now, you can buy a "new," unused Flip C302 for $550 from Amazon or $820 via Walmart's Marketplace (providing links for illustrative purposes; please don't buy these unsupported laptops).
There are 7 more unsupported Chromebooks that you can buy as "new." Why? Well I'll leave that to Pixy Misa to explain. (He gets the hat tip.) Daily News Stuff 7 August 2023: War And Lawn-Edging Edition
Don't buy Chromebooks. (Ars Technica)
Chromebooks generally have fixed lifespans after which they stop receiving updates, because Google is a garbage company in a garbage industry.
Amazon and Walmart are selling Chromebooks that have already expired, at full price, because garbage companies in garbage industries.
And they do not make any note of the fact that they are selling the digital equivalent of rancid meat, anywhere.
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