Google’s problem is they reward bringing new product to market, but they don’t reward steady stewardship or iteration to improve existing products. That’s why you see Google release multiple products that do the same thing.
Eric Schmidt was amazing as CEO. Then he left and Page took over. He was okay, but nothing great. Then Pichai took over. He is an absolute douchenozzle and is basically there to just make as much money as possible all while trashing everything that made Google great. Google search sucks nowadays, YouTube is overrun with ads, and nothing interesting at all has happened with Android in a long time.
Seriously? I admit I use it, but how can you love it? I often feel violated using it. Google has its tendrils dug so deep into every aspect of it, I feel dirty using it.
I love it from a technical perspective from its runtime to its permissions model. I don’t specifically care for Google. I’m enthused from an OS design perspective.
Ha fuck you pleeb. We so fucking rich we drivin’ g wagons to work wearing crocs and sweat pants then when g wagon gets full of mustard from our sandwiches we just buy another. Our shit is so far from together but ain’t nothing gonna stop us. Also we just deleted your mom’s GDrive because we can.
They’ve gotten to the point where new ventures are doomed before they start because no one can trust that the product they’re investing time and money in will be around in a year.
No this was all merged into YouTube many years ago after it was announced long before that they were ending it. This is Lemmy so everyone is just gonna pretend Google just announced this and make a big deal out of it because “Google bad”
Exactly. This app has been dead for years. You could technically still rent or “buy” stuff from it for smart TVs and such, but it would also show up in your YouTube library.
This is just them actually announcing the app going away and making it official.
Meh, they don’t exactly crow about where to find it in their other apps. They mentioned the “shop” in Google TV and mentioned YouTube, but didn’t say where. Not like they made a store in YouTube to make it obvious. They can’t be assed to be clear about it because they have so many different apps that have the functionality.
Just looked and you can’t access your purchases on a brand account. That’s causing issues. They may have announced it a while ago, but they didn’t think it through at all. This is looking more and more like the YouTube Music fiasco.
There is a “Your movies & TV” section which points to the store though they should probably rename it to just “Movies & TV” like it is on mobile (which is definitely obnoxious to find on there, you have to click the compass icon).
You can’t access your purchases on a brand account because those are not technically the same as your Google account after the fiasco from Google attempting to merge accounts a long time ago.
It was changed into Google TV on phones only, now it’s being killed on Android TV’s. Extra layer to the confusion, depending on what platform you are using changes what the app is named…
And every time you do, the next shit has a harder time sticking.
Stadia was doomed from the start because nobody was willing to commit to it in fear of Google killing it, and that meant it wouldn't get enough users and would get killed.
I just tossed my fancy Logitech headset after only 3 years. My kid’s mouse was double clicking after less. And G Hub makes Razer’s software look like poetry.
I was a die hard Logitech fan since I was a kid. I bought shares.
Don’t think Razer software will be that much better. After trying razor I am now on a g502 x lightspeed. I really hope these new switches address the double-clicking issues for good.
Don’t think Razer software will be that much better. After trying razor I am now on a g502 x lightspeed. I really hope these new switches address the double-clicking issues for good.
Lol the g502x lightspeed is the last piece of Logitech hardware I own. About half the time on wake it gets stuck at 0.5fps. The other day a software/firmware bug made it stop reporting clicks and I had to reboot my PC. It’s good hardware but something is very wrong with either the firmware or G-Hub.
That’s the model that the mouse wheel kept slipping.
Anything really I’m using some brand that has a ship as a logo that I got for like $5 clearance from Walmart that’s been pretty good. Not super fancy but has all 5 buttons and a button for quick change of sensitivity (which I’ve never got used to, I grew up on Ball nice, I have to remind myself that I got side buttons).
I was one of the lucky ones with my 6, I will admit… but I’m not up for another round. I’ll be an Asus boy in two years if they’re still playing a good game, or maybe a Linux phone and keep my 6 as a backup for more proprietary crap if I’m really feeling frisky.
The company emailed users of Android TV to say that the "Google Play Movies & TV app will no longer be available on your Android TV device from 05 October 2023.
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