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AFAIK, the only made-by-Google devices are the Pixels and the CCs. I don't recall any Pixel or CC get abandoned, discontinued or obsoleted (yet.)ES_Revenge wrote: ↑ I don't really trust any of these Google products TBH. Basically everything they ever make "for the home" gets abandoned, discontinued, obsoleted, in pretty short order. Even Android phones/tablets suffer the same fate very quickly. Every year or so it's a new version that's not really compatible with any older devices and after 2-3 years you're basically "way behind".
Look at stuff like Google TV--lasted a few years and then they just discontinued it and started up Android TV...and how long is that going to last before they put the kibosh on that and bring out something new and leave the old stuff behind to die? Buy Google Home today and I'm sure it'll be described by reviews something to the tune of "good but lacking", "innovative but not perfect", etc. and then by 2018 it'll basically be a paperweight for you I bet.
Nov 2nd, 2016 1:02 am
Just give it a short time :P You're right that the so-called "made by Google" devices aren't that many, but they've made several different pieces of tech "for the home", and it's as I said--they just move on to something else in short order. Just because they didn't "make it" doesn't mean they weren't behind it. I don't really trust them for longevity, they seem too fickle. While that may be fine for the people that like to change phones every 6 months, devices for your home like...errr...Google Home? Pretty sure not even the "need a new phone every few months" crowd wants to go for that on those kind of devices.bogolisk wrote: ↑AFAIK, the only made-by-Google devices are the Pixels and the CCs. I don't recall any Pixel or CC get abandoned, discontinued or obsoleted (yet.)ES_Revenge wrote: ↑ I don't really trust any of these Google products TBH. Basically everything they ever make "for the home" gets abandoned, discontinued, obsoleted, in pretty short order. Even Android phones/tablets suffer the same fate very quickly. Every year or so it's a new version that's not really compatible with any older devices and after 2-3 years you're basically "way behind".
Look at stuff like Google TV--lasted a few years and then they just discontinued it and started up Android TV...and how long is that going to last before they put the kibosh on that and bring out something new and leave the old stuff behind to die? Buy Google Home today and I'm sure it'll be described by reviews something to the tune of "good but lacking", "innovative but not perfect", etc. and then by 2018 it'll basically be a paperweight for you I bet.
Nov 2nd, 2016 7:18 am
ES_Revenge wrote: ↑ I don't really trust any of these Google products TBH. Basically everything they ever make "for the home" gets abandoned, discontinued, obsoleted, in pretty short order. Even Android phones/tablets suffer the same fate very quickly. Every year or so it's a new version that's not really compatible with any older devices and after 2-3 years you're basically "way behind".
Look at stuff like Google TV--lasted a few years and then they just discontinued it and started up Android TV...and how long is that going to last before they put the kibosh on that and bring out something new and leave the old stuff behind to die? Buy Google Home today and I'm sure it'll be described by reviews something to the tune of "good but lacking", "innovative but not perfect", etc. and then by 2018 it'll basically be a paperweight for you I bet.
That's your own made-up preconceived expectation, not their policy. Anyone can pull out a preconceived expectation from where-the-sun-never-shines and start throwing blame around. G posts their end of life support warranty for all their products. Event the not-made-by-google Nexusen have explicit end-of-life date (much shorter than the made-by-G devices.)ES_Revenge wrote: ↑ Just give it a short time :P You're right that the so-called "made by Google" devices aren't that many, but they've made several different pieces of tech "for the home", and it's as I said--they just move on to something else in short order. Just because they didn't "make it" doesn't mean they weren't behind it. I don't really trust them for longevity, they seem too fickle. While that may be fine for the people that like to change phones every 6 months, devices for your home like...errr...Google Home? Pretty sure not even the "need a new phone every few months" crowd wants to go for that on those kind of devices.
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