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Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one - With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My Google Pixel is great. Best phone around, gets updates before everyone else, takes better video and photos than any other Android phone, doesn't have any ads baked into the OS (Samsung), doesn't come with any pre-installed malware like Facebook and Amazon (Samsung).

I'll keep buying Google devices if they make sense. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Enjoy your phone. I've been burned by buying/using:

  1. LG G Watch (WearOS 2.0 killed support for smart watches without buttons for no reason. WearOS 1.x worked fine without a button)
  2. Google OnHub (Google moved on to Google WiFi and ignored this so-called "future-roof" router 1 year later)
  3. Google Home Max (EOL'd just a few months after I bought two brand new ones for my wife to have video calls with her family)
  4. Android phones with Google Play Edition (also killed off)
  5. Google Wave (RIP)
  6. Google+ (RIP. I pushed a bunch of people to join too)
  7. Google Nexus
  8. Google Duo (I tried to get others to use it to no avail)
  9. Google Allo (I really pushed people to use this as the "next" message platform. SMS support never came)
  10. Google Hangouts (Google messed with this application/service constantly)

I might just be really unlucky with the above, but Gmail, Google Search, and ChromeOS are the only things I have some trust in using long-term. I personally believe Google will kill the Pixel line entirely at some point. My hope is that they DO continue to make and support the pixel line because more competition is good, I'm just jaded and don't trust them enough to support their endeavors going forward.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They've had the Pixel line and the previous Nexus line for nearly all of Android's existence. I don't see any reason to believe they'll just stop it suddenly. On the other hand, it also wouldn't surprise me at all if they did. I loved the Nexus line, but every time I've tried the Pixel line it was just a fancy hand warmer. My Pixel 2, 5, 6, and 7 all had terrible battery life. I had some OnePlus phones in between that were much better and now I traded in my Pixel 7 for an S23 Ultra.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The reason those three products are safe is because they can use them to protect their ad business. No other reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it sends you location data to google a few hundred times a day, nice features.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

To be fair, there probably isn't a phone out there that isn't tracking you, and even if you found one, your carrier is tracking your location and selling that data too.