Google announces update to unlock Stadia controllers to work with other devices

Re:Google announces update to unlock Stadia controllers to w... by permo-w on Sunday January 15, 2023 @06:59PM (#34395045)

I suspect they’re trying to avoid a class-action lawsuit. sunsetting software is one thing: it’s not so tangible and software licenses are legally slippery. but when hardware’s involved, you’re on much shakier ground

this idea that its to encourage future investment is predicated on Google thinking that the masses are paying attention to their refund policies. yes this kind of thing may be a big deal for people on HN or certain subreddits, but I doubt it’s a large % of the target market

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Re:Google announces update to unlock Stadia controllers to w... by delecti on Monday January 16, 2023 @10:16AM (#34401455)

There are lots of examples of support for hardware being dropped, the IoT space is full of it, likewise with non IoT devices, and I can't think of any examples of a company getting heat for it.

And google is very aware that their reputation for killing products hurts adoption of new launches.

https://www.itpro.com/software/360376/google-cloud-seeks-to-... (just one of many results, just happened to be the top result for "google kills things reputation")

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Re:Google announces update to unlock Stadia controllers to w... by permo-w on Monday January 16, 2023 @01:11PM (#34403615)

perhaps I am underestimating how much Google takes that reputation into account, but I do still doubt there are many examples of a company with as many bags of cash as Google deprecating $50+ hardware that can only be used with its software, without offering a replacement product or service

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