Comment on Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months

noredcandy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Netflix of technology

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• ashok36@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is exactly why Stadia failed. I honestly think if it was a service like Gamepass Ultimate where the games come with the sub, it would’ve been a success. Spending $60 on a game I can only play via Google’s service though? Fuck no. Never. Not in a million years.

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  • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I honestly think if it was a service like Gamepass Ultimate where the games come with the sub, it would’ve been a success.

    I mean, they should’ve communicated better, because that’s essentially what the paid subscription was: subscribing would get access to a library of free games to play. I think the library could’ve been better.

    Even today, I’m using Geforce Now + XBox Game Pass, I find that the streaming quality isn’t the same as Stadia (but the game selection is much, much better).

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My wife’s computer had a hardware failure so I set her up on GeForce Now for a month until I could diagnose and fix the issue (i was super busy with returning to college at the time) and it was absolutely jarring how well it worked!

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• ObservantOcelot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I used to be all in with Google. After being burned over and over again, I’ve nearly entirely exited their ecosystem with some exceptions. I just don’t trust them anymore to maintain their products for the long haul.

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  • Marsupial@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah I moved to Apple last year.

    The garden walls may be higher but at least I don’t have to worry about the plants being chopped down.

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    • Mdotaut801@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yep. I switched too. It’s nice to have resale value and a decent camera. I feel like every android phone I have had has a major decline in camera quality over time. I haven’t experienced that with my iPhone. I also like how easy it is to add new devices to the eco system. I used to be an apple hater but no longer. I just need shit that works, I don’t give a flying fuck about “oPeN dEvElOpMeNt.” I text, browse, take pics and listen to music on my phone. That’s it. I don’t need to ability to hack the pentagon with my fucking phone.

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      • KuroiKaze@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I think the pixel 7 has the best camera around, that narrative changed a generation ago

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  • CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I used to be a huge google supporter, and I’ll still take android every single day over an iPhone… but other than that google could go burn for all I care.

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  • sndrtj@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’d like to exit Google, but Gmail makes this oh so hard. I’ve been using Gmail since over 20 years, basically my life is on that service. How did you migrate off Gmail?

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    • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Just… export the emails and most systems will have a way to import old emails.

      Hell for work I’m in the middle of migrating emails sent on a platform, logged on a secondary platform but stored on a third, to a fourth platform via CSV only.

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    • BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There are ways to forwards all your emails into a new email address i think. Google it.

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s just a running joke at this point. If it doesn’t sell as many ads as Search, YouTube and GMail, they’ll kill it. Even if you’re paying them for it.

  They can’t just have a little service that makes them a little bit of money. They have to have the top service that makes the most money.

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• Saneless@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t mind the pixels and I trust they’ll stick around. So much user data to sell learn from

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