Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4197026

Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months::Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.

  • @[email protected]English
    54•1 year ago

    Obligatory https://killedbygoogle.com although I don’t see Pixel Pass listed yet.

    My favorite so far was when the rumor about Stadia going away, and I think it was members on the Stadia team posted that the rumors were false. Then like a week or 2 later Google announces Stadia is shutting down.

    • @[email protected]English
      13•1 year ago

      I always like how they describe how old the product was one when google killed it, almost as if it was a young child’s eulogy.

      “Android Auto for Phone Screens was killed. It was almost two years old.”

    • deweydecibelEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      The Stadia team spent an inordinate amount of time on social media defending their bullshit on various alt accounts. I can’t prove it, but go read some of the shit on the stadia subreddit and tell me those aren’t people who’s livelihood isn’t tied to the future of this trash platform.

  • enkersEnglish
    24•1 year ago

    That sounds like a class action waiting to happen.

    • @[email protected]English
      41•1 year ago

      while new signups are no longer allowed, existing users will be able to finish out their two-year term.

      So existing contracts aren’t affected, they just aren’t renewing them or writing any new ones.

      • enkersEnglish
        31•1 year ago

        The end of the term was supposed to mean re-upping with a shiny new device, but Google now says, “By the end of the 2 year term, you can’t upgrade to a new phone with Pixel Pass.”

        Which means that everyone who went 22 months expecting to get a new phone in another 2 effectively got kinda screwed.

        • @[email protected]English
          22•1 year ago

          They would have to sign another contract for another 24 months to get it, nobody was getting an upgrade on the existing contract because it’s just a bundle of Google services (One, YT Premium etc.) and financing on the phone. And if you don’t care about the services, Google’s two year financing is cheaper than this bundle.

          • enkersEnglish
            6•1 year ago

            Fair point. It’d could’ve been contingent on the financing model, but looks like the phone is evenly financed over the entire 2 year period.

            • themeatbridgeEnglish
              11•1 year ago

              It’s confusing because they make it sound like a privilege. “Eligible for a new phone” = “You can finance the purchase of a new phone at full price just like everyone else, and you have to give back the old phone you already paid for”.

                • themeatbridgeEnglish
                  4•1 year ago

                  You’re right, I was confusing it with the Apple plan.

  • Resol van LemmyEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    Of course they have to kill another product of theirs, and one that didn’t even last long. Google is as Google does.