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They should have promised these refunds at launch: "We're launching Stadia. if it were to shut down in less than X years, you will get a refund" Ironically, ha

by awill 4y ago

They should have promised these refunds at launch: "We're launching Stadia. if it were to shut down in less than X years, you will get a refund" Ironically, had they done this, they would have seen more adoption from the skeptics, and maybe not even had to shut down. Typical Google, completely ignoring all the totally rational fears people had about their shutdown. In pretty much all Stadia HN threads, the top question is always "But Google might shut this down", and it was really comical to see Google employees reply to that with 100% positivity, as though people's fears were irrational.

wjnc 4y ago
I’ll chime in with a somewhat positive and opposite note. I bought 77 + Stadia + Chromecast under the legal impression that under EU-law I would always get a refund. They give refunds and I’ve played on a pretty well working platform. This went pretty well considering Google being Google. (Note: have not heard anything from Google directly yet.)
malfist 4y ago
But would they get developer adoption? You might refund customers, but devs are stuck with an effort they can no longer sell, which they may not have recouped the losses taken to get it on the platform.
nkrisc 4y ago
That’d be great for people willing to dive in, but to me it just says that they don’t expect it to be around for long. You might say it shows they’re confident enough it will be around to offer refunds if it’s not around long, but nobody else launches a product and talks about it going away so that would make me think they they secretly don’t believe in it.
- alach11 4y ago
  People will adopt a product even if they think it might not last, as long as it's a good deal for them. When MoviePass was offering their too-good-to-be-true plan of $10/month for unlimited movies, the subreddit was full of people talking about how it was too good to last. But they signed up anyway since it was a sweet deal!

by awill 4y ago

wjnc 4y ago

I’ll chime in with a somewhat positive and opposite note. I bought 77 + Stadia + Chromecast under the legal impression that under EU-law I would always get a refund. They give refunds and I’ve played on a pretty well working platform. This went pretty well considering Google being Google. (Note: have not heard anything from Google directly yet.)

malfist 4y ago

But would they get developer adoption? You might refund customers, but devs are stuck with an effort they can no longer sell, which they may not have recouped the losses taken to get it on the platform.

nkrisc 4y ago

That’d be great for people willing to dive in, but to me it just says that they don’t expect it to be around for long. You might say it shows they’re confident enough it will be around to offer refunds if it’s not around long, but nobody else launches a product and talks about it going away so that would make me think they they secretly don’t believe in it.

alach11 4y ago
People will adopt a product even if they think it might not last, as long as it's a good deal for them. When MoviePass was offering their too-good-to-be-true plan of $10/month for unlimited movies, the subreddit was full of people talking about how it was too good to last. But they signed up anyway since it was a sweet deal!