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> I would not buy anything from Google at this point. The only consequence here seems to be if you wanted to buy one but now you can't, but I don't see how not

> I would not buy anything from Google at this point. The only consequence here seems to be if you wanted to buy one but now you can't, but I don't see how not buying something gives a lesson about buying things? It's not like Chromecast is going away.

coldtea 8y ago
>The only consequence here seems to be if you wanted to buy one but now you can't, but I don't see how not buying something gives a lesson about buying things? Many people not buying stuff from company who discontinues things gives a lesson about not discontinuing stuff.
- mavhc 8y ago
  Well, more like a lesson in not starting to sell stuff
  - coldtea 8y ago
    That's still a lesson. Don't make product promises you cannot keep.
    - mavhc 8y ago
      Did they make any promises?
      - coldtea 8y ago
        The implicit promise that this is a market we want to be in, and buy this stuff, and we'll continue to support it and invest in this ecosystem.
        mavhc 8y ago
        Seems like not enough people bought it then
- kllrnohj 8y ago
  All products have a limited lifespan for how long they are manufactured. Products come and go, this shouldn't be surprising or weird. If you bought it it still works. It still does what you paid for, and that isn't changing. People who paid money for this are no worse off today than they were yesterday. The only logical conclusion from such a position is to literally never buy anything ever from anyone period. Because it will eventually stop being sold, no matter what it is, or who makes it. If the cast software was being discontinued yes that'd be worth getting upset over, as it's killing something you have & use. But that's not this. Nothing stops working as a result of this. It's a single product in an ecosystem of hundreds that's being discontinued, that's it.
  - coldtea 8y ago
    >All products have a limited lifespan for how long they are manufactured. Products come and go, this shouldn't be surprising or weird. DUH! People already know this. It becomes surprising and weird when it happens at more than the normal rate -- whether it's software or hardware--, which is what we consider Google to do. If the Chromecast Audio product was the first time Google had pulled this shit, then nobody would be discussing it...

coldtea 8y ago

>The only consequence here seems to be if you wanted to buy one but now you can't, but I don't see how not buying something gives a lesson about buying things? Many people not buying stuff from company who discontinues things gives a lesson about not discontinuing stuff.

mavhc 8y ago
Well, more like a lesson in not starting to sell stuff
- coldtea 8y ago
  That's still a lesson. Don't make product promises you cannot keep.
  - mavhc 8y ago
    Did they make any promises?
    - coldtea 8y ago
      The implicit promise that this is a market we want to be in, and buy this stuff, and we'll continue to support it and invest in this ecosystem.
      - mavhc 8y ago
        Seems like not enough people bought it then
kllrnohj 8y ago
All products have a limited lifespan for how long they are manufactured. Products come and go, this shouldn't be surprising or weird. If you bought it it still works. It still does what you paid for, and that isn't changing. People who paid money for this are no worse off today than they were yesterday. The only logical conclusion from such a position is to literally never buy anything ever from anyone period. Because it will eventually stop being sold, no matter what it is, or who makes it. If the cast software was being discontinued yes that'd be worth getting upset over, as it's killing something you have & use. But that's not this. Nothing stops working as a result of this. It's a single product in an ecosystem of hundreds that's being discontinued, that's it.
- coldtea 8y ago
  >All products have a limited lifespan for how long they are manufactured. Products come and go, this shouldn't be surprising or weird. DUH! People already know this. It becomes surprising and weird when it happens at more than the normal rate -- whether it's software or hardware--, which is what we consider Google to do. If the Chromecast Audio product was the first time Google had pulled this shit, then nobody would be discussing it...