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Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months (arstechnica.com)
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Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months::Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.

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[-] horndogAI@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 year ago

Obligatory https://killedbygoogle.com although I don't see Pixel Pass listed yet.

My favorite so far was when the rumor about Stadia going away, and I think it was members on the Stadia team posted that the rumors were false. Then like a week or 2 later Google announces Stadia is shutting down.

[-] Klystron@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I always like how they describe how old the product was one when google killed it, almost as if it was a young child's eulogy.

"Android Auto for Phone Screens was killed. It was almost two years old."

[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

The Stadia team spent an inordinate amount of time on social media defending their bullshit on various alt accounts. I can't prove it, but go read some of the shit on the stadia subreddit and tell me those aren't people who's livelihood isn't tied to the future of this trash platform.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

That sounds like a class action waiting to happen.

[-] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 41 points 1 year ago

while new signups are no longer allowed, existing users will be able to finish out their two-year term.

So existing contracts aren't affected, they just aren't renewing them or writing any new ones.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The end of the term was supposed to mean re-upping with a shiny new device, but Google now says, "By the end of the 2 year term, you can’t upgrade to a new phone with Pixel Pass."

Which means that everyone who went 22 months expecting to get a new phone in another 2 effectively got kinda screwed.

[-] Markaos@lemmy.one 22 points 1 year ago

They would have to sign another contract for another 24 months to get it, nobody was getting an upgrade on the existing contract because it's just a bundle of Google services (One, YT Premium etc.) and financing on the phone. And if you don't care about the services, Google's two year financing is cheaper than this bundle.

[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fair point. It'd could've been contingent on the financing model, but looks like the phone is evenly financed over the entire 2 year period.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

It's confusing because they make it sound like a privilege. "Eligible for a new phone" = "You can finance the purchase of a new phone at full price just like everyone else, and you have to give back the old phone you already paid for".

[-] null@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

You don't have to give back the old phone if you financed the full cost.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You're right, I was confusing it with the Apple plan.

[-] czarrie@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

It's me. And I'm pissed.

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Google killing toddlers

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Of course they have to kill another product of theirs, and one that didn't even last long. Google is as Google does.

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