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Great to see Apple Stand Up over this Joke Laws
Jumping through hoops for adults sucks.
But kids have no brains/maturity...very few do.
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I’m not sure Apple has people’s best interests in mind
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In what way?
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They’re one of the largest corporations in the world. All they’re concerned about is squeezing dollars out of people
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My kids seem to do all school work on laptops. To be honest, i didnt realise how much you can do on OneNote!
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granniewolf
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So if they get limited to 90minutes per day they'll have to use pen and paper?
Have they been told of any changes next year?
VinnieB
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I haven’t received any notice from the school. I wonder if public and private are different in that way?
One thing I will say is that it seems kids get into trouble playing games in their laptops during class. So, it’s probably a good thing, particularly in the junior levels that their use of their laptops is limited.
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Apple has zero interest in people. They make electronics products for profit, that's all. If they pretend to care about human beings it's for business reasons.
They were happy enough to use cobalt mined in the DRC (Congo) to make their batteries, until external auditors and other organisations studied their supply chain to prove that's where the cobalt was coming from and pressured them to make changes. Cobalt mining in DRC is notorious for child labour, extremely dangerous conditions, environmental damage and corruption.
Apple under Tim Cook was also very happy to make more money by using Chinese factories that treated their workers terribly. Excessive overtime, harsh factory conditions, weak worker protections, suppression of unions. Workers at the Foxconn factory had high suicide rates and mental health issues because they lived in dorms at the factory and worked insane hours. Some of them also experienced nerve damage from exposure to chemicals.
Apple has since taken steps to address some of these issues but not through the goodness of their hearts.
All so that Apple could massively overcharge for their mediocre products.
Calling Tim Cook a hero is almost funny.
granniewolf
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One of the things I don't understand is whether or not kids will still be allowed to use their own laptops or if they will have to use school laptops which would be shared.
Wouldn't be any games on those.
Anyway, thanks for the information.
jmac70
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Government primary schools will be required to provide devices.
granniewolf
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I see that this rule will only apply to Victorian schools from 2027 and for primary classes 3-6
What's the bet they drop the entire thing at some poiont in 2026.
Anyway, thanks for the reply.
jmac70
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It’s a Victorian Government decision. Doubt they drop it given it’s a saving for parents.
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I remember when I was at School and I wanted to use a Laptop in School. My Writing was/is Terrible so needed to make things more Readable
I got mind from Toshiba
granniewolf
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My first laptop was a Toshiba, it was a lovely blue.
jmac70
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My first computer was a Sony HB75.
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My first computer was an Abacus.
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My first computer was a no name that I had assembled to my specs after reading up on the latest chips etc.
It had Pentium II processor, Win95B, 1Gb HD, a soundblaster card that you could plug keyboards and turntables etc into.
Had the latest youbeaut SDRAM, this was a top of the range computer.
I had never touched a computer and didn't know how to type.
I decided to learn about computers after the library got rid of their tickler boxes and moved onto computers.
Had no idea where any key was haha.
Thems were the days.
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jmac70
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Could never get any decent games.
Chunky Steak
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My first computer was a Commodore 128. I only ever used it in C64 mode though, to play all those fantastic and very legally obtained games.
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jmac70
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I had a 64 and a Spectrum.
Moved onto an Amiga 500 in the 90s.
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I think you'll find it's very plug & play.
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My 1st Computer was a IBM 486