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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by jimrandomh on Monday April 04, 2016 @02:29PM (#11424163)
I read that slightly differently; selectively pissing off early adopters is worse, since they disproportionately influence products' odds of success.
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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by joezydeco on Monday April 04, 2016 @02:31PM (#11424174)
Exactly. Google thrives on early adopters waiting in line for and spinning up their newest shiny thing. Sorry if the sarcasm was lost there.
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Re:Google's Nest is disabling some of its customers' old sma... by scrollaway on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:25PM (#11425278)
It was lost on me, yes. Thanks for clearing it up.
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