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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 days ago

🪦Just another tombstone for Google.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So they're taking a shitty tech trend away from the few people who found it useful in order to push the new shitty tech trend.

[–] vegetvs@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As always (Orkut, Google+, etc.)

[–] radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Other than Gmail, I don’t trust Google to keep maintaining any service.

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

lol the game streaming service. Where people both full priced games and lost access after they closed the service

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I will never forgive Fitbit. I had one of their watches some years back that shit the bed about 1 week after the warranty was up. Their customer service suggested I just buy a new watch.

And that I did but it certainly wasn’t a Fitbit.

[–] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago

I'll never forgive them for killing pebble. That said I now have a new pebble ordered

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 days ago
[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Of course they are!

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Never depend on anything Google.

They could have replaced the Google Assistant with their new Gemini thing on these waches (since I think they basically just relay voice to and from the phone). But, being Google, they prefer just to remove features people already paid for.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

tech with thier obssesion with AI, especially google trying to get customers on board isnt really what they want

[–] don@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago

Just another five minutes for the goog.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

They’re shutting down Assistant everywhere, in favour of Gemini.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I guess they'll have to use some of their other spyware