When he says "we asked" and "we wanted" he's really referring to the other folks writing for The Verge. The Pixel is the phone that Verge staff have asked for i

When he says "we asked" and "we wanted" he's really referring to the other folks writing for The Verge. The Pixel is the phone that Verge staff have asked for in past articles and podcasts. That's where I think the disconnect is. The Pixel is what happens when you take your advice from bloggers at The Verge, instead of the customers paying you money. It's an Android iPhone. Which isn't inherently bad -- Google's not obligated to service their existing customers. But existing customers bought Nexus devices in large part because they were not iPhones in many significant areas that have largely been eliminated now. Perhaps Google's new target market will be more profitable -- who knows. But these existing customers are understandably frustrated at being left behind now. It's certainly has nothing to do with people being impossible to please, as the article claims.