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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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