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[โ€“] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That sounds pretty good, why wouldn't you recommend it then, are there better alternatives?

[โ€“] seaQueue@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh I totally recommend Chromebooks, they almost entirely eliminate the tech support burden from having a parent/grandparent who doesn't get computers. It was the dude above me who crapped on them.

[โ€“] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're the one who replied "any google hardware" though.

[โ€“] seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So buy Chromebooks from other oems?

Chromium is about 99.5% open source, there's no real problem with the OS itself. If you're afraid of Google tracking just use the machine with the guest account.