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The powers that be seem to be under the impression that workstation class computers are suitable replacements, while failing to realize that those are several times more expensive for the same performance and also mired in a whole mess of driver issues.

It’s basically a clusterfuck. I know the dean and his staff are working to solve the problem, but we’ll see how that turns out. Hopefully the magical words “impacts student success” and “inability to acquire grants” will work.

Scientist here. Unfortunately who owns the device really depends on the funding source. If the money is coming from one of the bigger funders (NSF, NIH etc) the devices are usually still owned by the university and their rules apply.

The TikTok problem is real. She needs to access the content that’s being produced to do her research. If she has to go to other or secondary sources (TikToks uploaded to YouTube or whatever) that will impact the quality of her research, which may make it less reliable.

I’m currently struggling with a similar but less severe issue. My university has, in their limited wisdom, decided to stop allowing us to purchase gaming computers. I do games research, so that’s obviously a bit of a problem.