That's yet again not true. Parents are often paying for the Chromebooks used in some of these markets (eg, US & Canada at least). That the school requires a certain OS doesn't change who pays for it, just like parents are still buying TI graphing calculators.
> Before COVID, most schools were still about pen and paper in most European countries,
Gonna need a citation on that one. It'd be quite surprising for European schools to be so far behind
"Scandinavian nations like Norway, Denmark, and Sweden are able to provide computing equipment to almost every single student and teacher within their borders"
Before COVID, most schools were still about pen and paper in most European countries, computers are used at home.