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Re:Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last we... by blacklion on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:23AM (#34517948)
> You can't kill the whole project without a plan for those devices.

Yes, you can.

If small company can kill eye prosthetics project and leave people with implants without support, why does Google cannot kill thermostats project?

Google is known by killing projects which are still used by thousands, without any replacement.

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Re:Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last we... by bombcar on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:36AM (#34518062)
You can’t kill the thermostat project if the thermostats were installed in the offices and C-level exec’s houses.
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Re:Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last we... by agloeregrets on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:35AM (#34518685)
Fuschia powers the current, on sale, Nest Hub
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Re:Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last we... by antoniuschan99 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:03PM (#34521822)
The Google Way would be to create an internal competitor to Nest :P
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Re:Google’s Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last we... by WorldMaker on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:32PM (#34522244)
Lots of companies sell things they no longer plan to support long term simply because they have inventory.

(ETA: Not that that's a good thing, mind you. There's a placard a few blocks from my home about the birth of Truth in Advertising as a reminder it was a hard-fought thing, easily lost. Some would say it is lost in modern advertising.)

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