Re:Google cans the Chromecast Audio
by mattlondon on Saturday January 12, 2019 @04:34AM
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It probably became unreasonable to expect decade-long support on something that costs $15-$20.
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I have literally hundreds of things that cost $15 to $20, and many of those are over ten years old and still work fine.
Obviously they have a lifespan and the quality of cheap products can be quite poor, so there are items that broke and got thrown away.
But there's nothing that stopped working because the manf told me I couldn't use it any more.
It's reasonable to expect it to function until normal wear-and-tear breaks it. After that, it's reasonable to expect it could be repaired at some cost.
However, it depends on a Google service — it won't work without a working Internet connection. This idea is fairly new for consumers.