• rem26_art
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    I actually had no idea this was an app or what it did lmao. Google has so many confusing things like this.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    102 years ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    On third-party smart TVs (this is a different category than today’s Android TV announcement) the app was killed in 2021.

    How any normal person is supposed to understand that pile of Google media brands, and how it works across phones, the web, and various smart TV OSes, is beyond me.

    The idea back in the 2010s was to compete with the digital media revolution Apple created with iTunes, the iPod, and the iPhone.

    Most of the media stores started in the Android Market but then pivoted to a more Google-wide offering with the launch of Google Play branding in 2012.

    Nothing at Google is ever stable, though, and the company’s other media stakeholders sought to pick apart what the Android Team had built.

    All the apps will be dead in October, and presumably, that means the now-useless store will be booted from the web interface as well.


    The original article contains 711 words, the summary contains 147 words. Saved 79%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

      • Drusas
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        This community is about Android, not about phones. Android is on phones and televisions.

      • Baron Von J
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        92 years ago

        You’re right. From the article:

        The company emailed users of Android TV to say that the "Google Play Movies & TV app will no longer be available on your Android TV device from 05 October 2023.

  • Ertebolle
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    The downside of throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks is that you end up having to clean up a whole lot of shit of the floor.

    • JohnEdwa
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      And every time you do, the next shit has a harder time sticking.
      Stadia was doomed from the start because nobody was willing to commit to it in fear of Google killing it, and that meant it wouldn’t get enough users and would get killed.

  • BlinkerFluid
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    Google is the only brand I know of where people go out of their way to own the hardware but do everything in their power to avoid the software.

    Wait, no. Razor… Razor exists. NO ONE’S MOUSE NEEDS A DAILY DRIVER UPDATE!

    • @Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      It’s not like that in all areas. It’s the exact opposite for their phones. Pixels are trash quality hardware with great software.

      Google is just a massive disappointment in 2023…

      • @SatyrSack@lemmy.one
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        22 years ago

        That doesn’t quite line up when you consider how popular it is to buy a Pixel just to flash GrapheneOS on it.

      • BlinkerFluid
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        22 years ago

        I was one of the lucky ones with my 6, I will admit… but I’m not up for another round. I’ll be an Asus boy in two years if they’re still playing a good game, or maybe a Linux phone and keep my 6 as a backup for more proprietary crap if I’m really feeling frisky.

    • @GreenMario@lemm.ee
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      262 years ago

      Fuck Razor mice. They can’t do a mouse wheel right without it slipping backwards when scrolling. Garbage.

      Their earbuds are good tho. So far.

      • Zoidsberg
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        32 years ago

        Whats a good alternative to Razor? The wheel is slipping on my DeathAdder.

        • @BurnedOliveTree@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          I can recommend Keychron M3, it’s really a steal for its price. Been using it since the release day for Mac, Windows and Linux and I had zero issues

        • @GreenMario@lemm.ee
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          32 years ago

          That’s the model that the mouse wheel kept slipping.

          Anything really I’m using some brand that has a ship as a logo that I got for like $5 clearance from Walmart that’s been pretty good. Not super fancy but has all 5 buttons and a button for quick change of sensitivity (which I’ve never got used to, I grew up on Ball nice, I have to remind myself that I got side buttons).

        • @anonymous_bot@lemmy.world
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          82 years ago

          Logitech I guess. There is the mousereview subreddit if you want to research some alternatives. Don’t know if there is a Lemmy community equivalent.

          • Pxtl
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            32 years ago

            I just tossed my fancy Logitech headset after only 3 years. My kid’s mouse was double clicking after less. And G Hub makes Razer’s software look like poetry.

            I was a die hard Logitech fan since I was a kid. I bought shares.

            Done with them.

            • @anonymous_bot@lemmy.world
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              Don’t think Razer software will be that much better. After trying razor I am now on a g502 x lightspeed. I really hope these new switches address the double-clicking issues for good.

              • Pxtl
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                Don’t think Razer software will be that much better. After trying razor I am now on a g502 x lightspeed. I really hope these new switches address the double-clicking issues for good.

                Lol the g502x lightspeed is the last piece of Logitech hardware I own. About half the time on wake it gets stuck at 0.5fps. The other day a software/firmware bug made it stop reporting clicks and I had to reboot my PC. It’s good hardware but something is very wrong with either the firmware or G-Hub.

                Why is all gamer equipment garbage?

        • ConditionOverload
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          32 years ago

          I like Corsair products. My weighted mouse has been perfect for the last 4ish years for gaming.

  • @lobut@lemmy.ca
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    It’s actually bad news for me because I bought a bunch of movies living in the UK (moved to Canada now) that I can’t access through YouTube but can through Google Play movies.

    Going through support is like dealing with monkeys. They have no idea what they’re doing.

    • @Vent@lemm.ee
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      72 years ago

      Movies Anywhere is your friend here. Buy a movie from one store, watch it from any other store. Not sure how it works when one store shuts down, hopefully you keep it in all the other stores.

      • @lobut@lemmy.ca
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        22 years ago

        Whoa … seems so weird. I’ll buy a movie on sale to give it a go. Thanks!

        • @Vent@lemm.ee
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          62 years ago

          It works with movies you already own, so there’s no need to buy more just to test it out! It’s still not as convenient as some other… less legal… options, but it’s a step in the right direction.

    • TheHarpyEagle
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      They’ve gotten to the point where new ventures are doomed before they start because no one can trust that the product they’re investing time and money in will be around in a year.

  • @blackn1ght@feddit.uk
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    132 years ago

    Doesn’t surprise me. They never even supported it with the Assistant / Google Home. There’s pretty much zero point in onboarding with any Google products anymore.

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      I got some Google home mini devices and now none of them work to do basically anything of value. Actually I shouldn’t say now, they stopped doing the basic functions I wanted them for around 2 years ago.

      Telling it to play a show on TV doesnt work, which is essentially why I bought them. The most they can do now is basic on and off functions. They were constantly going off at random times when no one was talking. They have now become fancy looking paperweights.

      I also have Google TV which is slowly becoming worse and worse. I recently bought my kids Rokus because they had all the same functions as Google but without the microphone remote. They were half the price and are working better than my Google TV.

  • @9point6@lemmy.world
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    Did they not turn this into Google TV already? Not to be confused with Google TV, YouTube TV, Android TV or the old Google TV

    • Commander Shepard
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      It was changed into Google TV on phones only, now it’s being killed on Android TV’s. Extra layer to the confusion, depending on what platform you are using changes what the app is named…

    • @The_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.org
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      No this was all merged into YouTube many years ago after it was announced long before that they were ending it. This is Lemmy so everyone is just gonna pretend Google just announced this and make a big deal out of it because “Google bad”

      • @jamiehs@lemmy.ml
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        Exactly. This app has been dead for years. You could technically still rent or “buy” stuff from it for smart TVs and such, but it would also show up in your YouTube library.

        This is just them actually announcing the app going away and making it official.

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          Meh, they don’t exactly crow about where to find it in their other apps. They mentioned the “shop” in Google TV and mentioned YouTube, but didn’t say where. Not like they made a store in YouTube to make it obvious. They can’t be assed to be clear about it because they have so many different apps that have the functionality.

          Just looked and you can’t access your purchases on a brand account. That’s causing issues. They may have announced it a while ago, but they didn’t think it through at all. This is looking more and more like the YouTube Music fiasco.

          • @russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net
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            There is a “Your movies & TV” section which points to the store though they should probably rename it to just “Movies & TV” like it is on mobile (which is definitely obnoxious to find on there, you have to click the compass icon).

            You can’t access your purchases on a brand account because those are not technically the same as your Google account after the fiasco from Google attempting to merge accounts a long time ago.

    • @asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
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      272 years ago

      Eric Schmidt was amazing as CEO. Then he left and Page took over. He was okay, but nothing great. Then Pichai took over. He is an absolute douchenozzle and is basically there to just make as much money as possible all while trashing everything that made Google great. Google search sucks nowadays, YouTube is overrun with ads, and nothing interesting at all has happened with Android in a long time.

        • @imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee
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          112 years ago

          Seriously? I admit I use it, but how can you love it? I often feel violated using it. Google has its tendrils dug so deep into every aspect of it, I feel dirty using it.

          • @henfredemars@infosec.pub
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            32 years ago

            I love it from a technical perspective from its runtime to its permissions model. I don’t specifically care for Google. I’m enthused from an OS design perspective.

    • @imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee
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      112 years ago

      Ha fuck you pleeb. We so fucking rich we drivin’ g wagons to work wearing crocs and sweat pants then when g wagon gets full of mustard from our sandwiches we just buy another. Our shit is so far from together but ain’t nothing gonna stop us. Also we just deleted your mom’s GDrive because we can.

      —Google probably

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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      They had a really amazing search algorithm that they used to make ad revenue and then made a bunch of stuff because the engineers were bored.

      • @Banzai51@midwest.social
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        Google’s problem is they reward bringing new product to market, but they don’t reward steady stewardship or iteration to improve existing products. That’s why you see Google release multiple products that do the same thing.