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I've been doing my best to stay away google hardware for this exact reason. I mean I get that hardware can get old and be out of standards. But some of their de
by nirav72 5y ago
I've been doing my best to stay away google hardware for this exact reason. I mean I get that hardware can get old and be out of standards. But some of their decisions are just questionable from a consumer standpoint. I have a pixel 4a and a few 1st gen Google homes. The pixel 4a was just my way of compromising about not wanting to spend $1000 on a latest Samsung device every 2-3 years. It cost me a fraction of what I would've paid for if I had bought a Samsung android device. I'm not too worried once it stops receiving updates in couple of years. Regarding the Google Home pucks and display - most of them were either free or heavily discounted during holiday season couple years ago. But for networking, there are better consumer grade routers that will last for a long time. If anything - lot of devices allow for flashing open source firmware like tomato or DDWRT/OpenWRT to extend support long after the manufacturer has stopped providing updates.