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Instead of paying 50 dollars per textbook every 10 years, a school will pay 250 or more for a tablet or laptop every 2 years plus the licensing fees for the dozens of proprietary third party software.
It's okay though I bet the laptops are very high quality and durable they probably last for 20 years with no need for repairs or replacement
No more computer labs
, give everyone a plastic thin client that connects to a multinational private entity with SaaS up the ass.
Computers are no longer a tool, but an additional limb.
The CIA implemented laptops because they were tired of me writing Joseph Stalin's name as the borrower's name in the front of the textbook instead of my name.
It's probably more than 50 dollars for a textbook but absolutely, they are still paying exhorbitant fees for the digital works, and buying new ones when their old ones are still good. It's not like there are advances changing these subjects, math, history, economics, political science, you name it, buy it once and own it, and reprint the same book. Print an addendum to add new information if you want. But there is no reason to get a new math book every few years. Algebra hasn't changed one bit in lifetimes.