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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents (fortune.com)
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[–] vane@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't forget that Google made big bucks on that deal.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Correction: They are still making big bucks on that deal.

Vendor lock in, and brand recognition is bigly important.

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Selling Apples ?