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[–] everett@lemmy.ml 144 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can we stop picking on this startup? They're just hardware hobbyists, give them a break.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Outside of showing ads, Google is an everything hobbyist.

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well they're certainly not a video game streaming hobbyist.

[–] incognito_15@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And I'm still sad to this day about this.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Me too, imagine what the very talented people behind the platform could have actually made if managers hadn't wasted their potential on this boneheaded cheap money grab.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah... Stadia was actually good. I wish they'd just come out and make a promise that if they shut the service down in the next 10 years they'd refund everyone's purchases.

That's what they ended up doing anyways, but having a guarantee might have gotten it to the critical mass that it needed.

[–] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You joke, but Google does not take hardware as seriously as they should. I say this as an owner of a Pixel 7. I actually really like the hardware, but the simplicity and clean look of the software is why I actually love the phone. I have to baby the phone because I know Google doesn't actually care even if they swear up and down they do.

[–] Virkkunen@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Google does not take anything as seriously as they should.