I don’t think avoiding new tech is the right way. Instead we should show students how to use it to be more efficient while studying and the flaws or limitations of those systems. We will need such systems in the future to progress as humanity because the information density is getting ridiculously high for most of us.
Tbh I’ve been glad that I had the privilege to get out of my flat for work because of the many stories I’ve been told about ppl almost going insane. Then again I could have organised more than one online-“LAN” party and just gamed the whole time with my friends. But I also like my workplace at the time as I’ve been actively researching in the virology field and every day turned out to be full of suprises regarding SARS-CoV-2.
Scott Ross is a Youtuber who has always been vocal about game publisher making games unplayable by closing their servers. Lately he is gathering information about the legality of this practice worldwide to find the best country/state union to fight it legally because come the end of March the game The Crew will be shut down by Ubisoft but has still a very big active playerbase that might be able to move things forward by contacting consumer rights organisations here in Europe. More Infos in his Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAD5iMe0Xj4
It’s literally a policy in the EU for new devices so nothing newsworthy here.
That might be all you need know about those cases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY0kEB-1MIc