>And then after a few years the updates stop coming from Google
yes, but that's part of the deal when you buy the things. it's frustrating as an individual user, but for large purchasers like schools it's a selling point to have guaranteed software and firmware updates going to a known date that you can trust. they'll be implementing a device purchase plan with a fixed lifespan anyways, so as long as they know the EOL is later than their end date, it's fine.
and fwiw, my old chromebook that's been EOL for four years still seems to be working fine. it's slow AF, but it works.
yes, but that's part of the deal when you buy the things. it's frustrating as an individual user, but for large purchasers like schools it's a selling point to have guaranteed software and firmware updates going to a known date that you can trust. they'll be implementing a device purchase plan with a fixed lifespan anyways, so as long as they know the EOL is later than their end date, it's fine.
and fwiw, my old chromebook that's been EOL for four years still seems to be working fine. it's slow AF, but it works.
https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en