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Bingo. They didn't even bother to include Stadia support in the latest Chromecast. To me that says nobody high up at Google cares about Stadia in a meaningful

Bingo. They didn't even bother to include Stadia support in the latest Chromecast. To me that says nobody high up at Google cares about Stadia in a meaningful way. At this point I'm taking bets on how much Play Store credit Stadia subscribers are going to receive when the service shuts down and all their purchased games evaporate. The saddest part is, the technology works well. Really well. If Stadia had launched as a Netflix for games it would be very successful. Paying full price for individual games that stop existing as soon as Google gets bored? That's a dangerous investment my friend.

tclancy 6y ago
Do you mean the Google TV? Because Chromecast Ultra has been how you use Stadia from the start. Google TV support is apparently coming this year but yeah, I am suspicious of the whole thing. Worst case, I am out $60 for the controller and not all my email or something.
- notatoad 6y ago
  the latest chromecast is the "Chromecast with Google TV", also called the 3rd-gen chromecast. The Chromecast ultra is the previous generation. https://store.google.com/ca/product/chromecast_google_tv https://store.google.com/ca/product/chromecast_google_tv
  - the-dude 6y ago
    That is one of the most obnoxious sales pages I have seen in a while. WTF is up with the scrolling?
    - mikestew 6y ago
      Meh, another HN complainer going on about<click>...OMG, what the hell is up with that web page?! That some truly nausea-inducing scroll behavior. Is there a RNG behind it somewhere?
- causality0 6y ago
  I'm talking about the "Chromecast With Google TV", which is the official replacement for the Chromecast Ultra.
- deleted 6y ago
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ljm 6y ago
Google basically sounds like a large scale startup incubator where every successful project is doomed to fail.
- causality0 6y ago
  There's only two outcomes: Either Google gets bored and kills it because it doesn't generate ten billion dollars a year in profit or it becomes so ingrained in our society killing it might cause an angry mob to attack Google HQ with torches and pitchforks. Why it can't spin these side projects off into their own companies to survive or die on their own merits I don't know.
  - aabhay 6y ago
    The second one should read “or it becomes a large scale ad data gathering opportunity”. That’s the value of Maps and Gmail IMO.
    - chipotle_coyote 6y ago
      You're implicitly painting "become an unqualified mega-success" and "become a large scale data gathering opportunity" as if they were mutually exclusive, but they're not. It's because Maps and Mail are so wildly successful that they're great data gathering opportunities.
  - jsight 6y ago
    > Why it can't spin these side projects off into their own companies to survive or die on their own merits I don't know. They would only do that if the spinoff made them a noticeable amount of money. I suspect that is rarely the case.
  - im3w1l 6y ago
    My guess would be that disentangling a project from all proprietary dependencies is very expensive.
    - 6y ago

tclancy 6y ago

Do you mean the Google TV? Because Chromecast Ultra has been how you use Stadia from the start. Google TV support is apparently coming this year but yeah, I am suspicious of the whole thing. Worst case, I am out $60 for the controller and not all my email or something.

notatoad 6y ago
the latest chromecast is the "Chromecast with Google TV", also called the 3rd-gen chromecast. The Chromecast ultra is the previous generation. https://store.google.com/ca/product/chromecast_google_tv https://store.google.com/ca/product/chromecast_google_tv
- the-dude 6y ago
  That is one of the most obnoxious sales pages I have seen in a while. WTF is up with the scrolling?
  - mikestew 6y ago
    Meh, another HN complainer going on about<click>...OMG, what the hell is up with that web page?! That some truly nausea-inducing scroll behavior. Is there a RNG behind it somewhere?
causality0 6y ago
I'm talking about the "Chromecast With Google TV", which is the official replacement for the Chromecast Ultra.
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ljm 6y ago

Google basically sounds like a large scale startup incubator where every successful project is doomed to fail.

causality0 6y ago
There's only two outcomes: Either Google gets bored and kills it because it doesn't generate ten billion dollars a year in profit or it becomes so ingrained in our society killing it might cause an angry mob to attack Google HQ with torches and pitchforks. Why it can't spin these side projects off into their own companies to survive or die on their own merits I don't know.
- aabhay 6y ago
  The second one should read “or it becomes a large scale ad data gathering opportunity”. That’s the value of Maps and Gmail IMO.
  - chipotle_coyote 6y ago
    You're implicitly painting "become an unqualified mega-success" and "become a large scale data gathering opportunity" as if they were mutually exclusive, but they're not. It's because Maps and Mail are so wildly successful that they're great data gathering opportunities.
- jsight 6y ago
  > Why it can't spin these side projects off into their own companies to survive or die on their own merits I don't know. They would only do that if the spinoff made them a noticeable amount of money. I suspect that is rarely the case.
- im3w1l 6y ago
  My guess would be that disentangling a project from all proprietary dependencies is very expensive.
  - 6y ago