Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.::With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

  • Art35ian
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    2 years ago

    Same with the Google Nest Hub.

    It cost me around $600 and has a known splash-screen issue which I just woke up to one morning.

    No fix available when it happens. Nothing I did caused it. I just had to bin it.

    It’s either planned obsolescence or just shitty design.

    • ඞmir
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      32 years ago

      Nest Hub for $600? Which one is that expensive?

    • TheSaneWriter
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      392 years ago

      It’s probably a bit of both. They save money with a worse design and they make more money on more sales.

    • @[email protected]
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      2 years ago

      Companies should have fines for at least as much as the revenue they generated with those devices. Designed obsolescence is something that needs to be *abandoned, even if it hurts really bad financially.