Google is the only brand I know of where people go out of their way to own the hardware but do everything in their power to avoid the software.
Wait, no. Razor… Razor exists. NO ONE’S MOUSE NEEDS A DAILY DRIVER UPDATE!
Fuck Razor mice. They can’t do a mouse wheel right without it slipping backwards when scrolling. Garbage.
Their earbuds are good tho. So far.
Whats a good alternative to Razor? The wheel is slipping on my DeathAdder.
I like Corsair products. My weighted mouse has been perfect for the last 4ish years for gaming.
That’s the model that the mouse wheel kept slipping.
Anything really I’m using some brand that has a ship as a logo that I got for like $5 clearance from Walmart that’s been pretty good. Not super fancy but has all 5 buttons and a button for quick change of sensitivity (which I’ve never got used to, I grew up on Ball nice, I have to remind myself that I got side buttons).
Corsair
I got a basic 3-button black HP mouse that I’ve used for many years of continuous use and dropping and I’ve never had a problem
Keychron, just go all in on that brand.
It’s not like that in all areas. It’s the exact opposite for their phones. Pixels are trash quality hardware with great software.
Google is just a massive disappointment in 2023…
I was one of the lucky ones with my 6, I will admit… but I’m not up for another round. I’ll be an Asus boy in two years if they’re still playing a good game, or maybe a Linux phone and keep my 6 as a backup for more proprietary crap if I’m really feeling frisky.
That doesn’t quite line up when you consider how popular it is to buy a Pixel just to flash GrapheneOS on it.
Did they not turn this into Google TV already? Not to be confused with Google TV, YouTube TV, Android TV or the old Google TV
It was changed into Google TV on phones only, now it’s being killed on Android TV’s. Extra layer to the confusion, depending on what platform you are using changes what the app is named…
Ever since Sundar Pichai took over as CEO, Google has just gotten boring as a company, overall, and has forgotten or discontinued its products more than actually innovate like they used to.
The downside of throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks is that you end up having to clean up a whole lot of shit of the floor.
And every time you do, the next shit has a harder time sticking.
Stadia was doomed from the start because nobody was willing to commit to it in fear of Google killing it, and that meant it wouldn’t get enough users and would get killed.
Google has truly mastered the fine arts of wasting money
I honestly didn’t know they still had Google Play Movies and TV still, I’d assumed they’d folded it completely into the YouTube movies brand already.
As a Google Play Music user, I’m retroactively angry. I would’ve loved that many years of GPM while they worked a couple (not enough) of the kinks out of YTM. And I wish I still had access to Google’s music store, since Amazon doesn’t sell in Canada and I hate having to install a desktop application to shop at Apple.
Jesus fucking Christ, what a clusterfuck.
I can’t wait to not be able to spend google play store credits on renting movies anymore, just like there’s no way to spend google play store credits on purchasing albums or songs 🙃
I’m surprised Sundar isn’t on the hot seat at this point.
People are gonna be like “oh well he presided over X revenue growth and that’s all investors care about”. Investors also care about future returns.
Under Sundar, Google has more or less completely failed to diversify. They’ve had the advantage on several products, only for them to dick around while their competitors established (or re-established) dominance. The areas where they have market dominance went from “we have the far superior product” to “this Lowkey sucks, but I can’t think of anything better”.
As far as I’m concerned Sundar is Google’s Sculley. Google will go for a long time under its own momentum, but eventually the wheels will come off.
Meanwhile Nadella is getting paid a quarter as much.
First Play Music, now Play Movies. Hopefully Play Books isn’t next.
Honestly my preferred epub platform.
Add it to the list https://killedbygoogle.com/
They’ve gotten to the point where new ventures are doomed before they start because no one can trust that the product they’re investing time and money in will be around in a year.
I have no freaking idea what the hell Google is doing detaching all these apps then being extra aggressive at getting me to use it.
If I want a song, am I doing YouTube, YouTube Music, or Google Music?
Podcasts are even worst, because theres Google Podcasts too.
YouTube Music. Google Music doesn’t exist anymore.
And YouTube / YouTube music is technically the same service, the data source is the same. The front-end is the only difference, similar to shorts and regular YouTube.
Another one for the pile
Doesn’t surprise me. They never even supported it with the Assistant / Google Home. There’s pretty much zero point in onboarding with any Google products anymore.
I got some Google home mini devices and now none of them work to do basically anything of value. Actually I shouldn’t say now, they stopped doing the basic functions I wanted them for around 2 years ago.
Telling it to play a show on TV doesnt work, which is essentially why I bought them. The most they can do now is basic on and off functions. They were constantly going off at random times when no one was talking. They have now become fancy looking paperweights.
I also have Google TV which is slowly becoming worse and worse. I recently bought my kids Rokus because they had all the same functions as Google but without the microphone remote. They were half the price and are working better than my Google TV.
So does this mean those of us who have bought content through Play Movies will lose access to those?
No they are allowing you to view them in YouTube and the Google TV library section of the app
Yeah, but the movies I purchased in HD are now only accessible in 480p. So technically available but not really.
On Youtube they are 480p. On Google TV they appear to be HD and allow downloading.
Still shitty as you have to use their app, a chromecast or google TV smart TV.
Thank you.
Good riddance. Less bullshit to uninstall when I get a new phone.
This isn’t even talking about phones.
You’re right. From the article:
The company emailed users of Android TV to say that the "Google Play Movies & TV app will no longer be available on your Android TV device from 05 October 2023.
I wonder what the button on my TV remote will launch now? An error message? Or YouTube?
I would expect YouTube.
This community is about Android, not about phones. Android is on phones and televisions.
Yes, but they were pointing out that this change doesn’t affect phones, meaning the other commenter didn’t read the article.
People actually read the article?
[I’m the dumbass who didn’t read the article]
