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> The worry is when you buy into something like Nest, who later go on to be brought into Google. Obviously one cannot prevent things like that from happening,
by josteink 3y ago
> The worry is when you buy into something like Nest, who later go on to be brought into Google.
Obviously one cannot prevent things like that from happening, but when they do, you can decide to migrate to something else and just sell your existing (now Google) gear, to avoid Googley issues down the line.
It may be cynical, but at that point the resale value might still be good because not everyone has caught on to Google being Google like this.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoNo, you can prevent it from being a problem by only buying things that will work even if the company goes bankrupt or gets acquired or turns [more] evil. I owned a Fitbit, then they got bought by Google. Now I own a PineTime, and you know what? If somehow tomorrow Pine64 got bought out and killed by Google, my watch would not be worsened one bit.