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I'm having trouble thinking of Google breaking any explicit promises like "Pixel 6 and later phones, including Fold, will get updates for at least 5 years from

by jefftk 3y ago

I'm having trouble thinking of Google breaking any explicit promises like "Pixel 6 and later phones, including Fold, will get updates for at least 5 years from when the device first became available on the Google Store in the US"? What are you thinking about?

mhitza 3y ago
The fact that it has a history of not following through and killing projects. Most recent being Stadia, in my memory, https://kagi.com/search?q=google+stadia+promise&r=no_region&sh=XsxsuPjN575HJ0Pyda9o7Q https://kagi.com/search?q=google+stadia+promise&r=no_region&...
- jefftk 3y ago
  That seems pretty different from breaking an clearly worded promise?
  - eitland 3y ago
    Another example: when free high quality (slightly downscaled) photo storage turned into paid after I had used it as backup of almost sll my photos during my android days? (To be fair, both Dropbox and OneDrive has done the same: offered free storage without specifying a time limit for jumping through some hoops, then IIRC: - in the Dropbox case: suddenly just introduce a time limit - in the OneDrive case just tell me one day that they didn't want to do this more and I need to take my data out quickly or pay to avoid losing it )
    - Moldoteck 3y ago
      For google you were not forced to take your data, old data was not counting towards new limit
      - eitland 3y ago
        For me it seems to be. I have used the free compressed photos option the whole time and one day I was suddenly many many gigabytes over limit.
        Moldoteck 3y ago
        hard doubt it's bc of old data. It could be a bug in the system, but most probably It's either bc you uploaded from another device/browser or bc of gmail or after the free period ended
        eitland 3y ago
        But compressed images were free forever until they weren't, right?
        Moldoteck 3y ago
        nope, it was unlimited compressed for a specified timeframe*(for other phones) and free unlimited compressed forever for pixel 2 to pixel 5(and unlimited uncompressed for og pixel). Google didn't break their promises * Actually it wasn't about timeframe, google afaik didn't say that other smartphones will get unlimited compressed forever, just that it's free for that time
        eitland 3y ago
        English is not my first language, but I am good enough that I still think I was justified to be (slightly) surprised when they started charging.
justinclift 3y ago
> I'm having trouble thinking of Google breaking any explicit promises ... "Don't Be Evil" famously springs to mind.

by jefftk 3y ago

mhitza 3y ago

The fact that it has a history of not following through and killing projects. Most recent being Stadia, in my memory, https://kagi.com/search?q=google+stadia+promise&r=no_region&sh=XsxsuPjN575HJ0Pyda9o7Q https://kagi.com/search?q=google+stadia+promise&r=no_region&...

jefftk 3y ago
That seems pretty different from breaking an clearly worded promise?
- eitland 3y ago
  Another example: when free high quality (slightly downscaled) photo storage turned into paid after I had used it as backup of almost sll my photos during my android days? (To be fair, both Dropbox and OneDrive has done the same: offered free storage without specifying a time limit for jumping through some hoops, then IIRC: - in the Dropbox case: suddenly just introduce a time limit - in the OneDrive case just tell me one day that they didn't want to do this more and I need to take my data out quickly or pay to avoid losing it )
  - Moldoteck 3y ago
    For google you were not forced to take your data, old data was not counting towards new limit
    - eitland 3y ago
      For me it seems to be. I have used the free compressed photos option the whole time and one day I was suddenly many many gigabytes over limit.
      - Moldoteck 3y ago
        hard doubt it's bc of old data. It could be a bug in the system, but most probably It's either bc you uploaded from another device/browser or bc of gmail or after the free period ended
        eitland 3y ago
        But compressed images were free forever until they weren't, right?
        Moldoteck 3y ago
        nope, it was unlimited compressed for a specified timeframe*(for other phones) and free unlimited compressed forever for pixel 2 to pixel 5(and unlimited uncompressed for og pixel). Google didn't break their promises * Actually it wasn't about timeframe, google afaik didn't say that other smartphones will get unlimited compressed forever, just that it's free for that time
        eitland 3y ago
        English is not my first language, but I am good enough that I still think I was justified to be (slightly) surprised when they started charging.

justinclift 3y ago

> I'm having trouble thinking of Google breaking any explicit promises ... "Don't Be Evil" famously springs to mind.