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God forbid someone maybe just enjoys watching a streamer and doesn’t need a reason like being lifeless to watch them.

It turns out different people like different things.

Of course it is. Some people actually put value into the unboxing and presentation experience of a product, as if it’s a sign of attention and care the company has put into the product itself.

All it means is the company spent some of the money you spent into the unboxing and presentation experience.

The Series X could have been given to me in a burlap sack and I would still like it equally.

Yeah, but I don’t revisit packaging once it’s packed away. It’s sitting there to increase the resale value should I want to sell it later on.

Agreed, the Series X packaging is really nice.

I also don’t care about packaging to not like this one. I will look at the packaging for 2 minutes tops, and maybe another 2 if I repackage it to sell. The device inside is all that matters.

The discussion veered elsewhere.

You said Qualcomm is to blame for updates. I said then explain the Pixel 6 and only 3 years of updates. Which now that I check, is identical to Qualcomm powered Samsung phones and their 3 years of updates.

Repairability is a separate discussion. Other companies that aren’t Apple are pretty repairable, in that they don’t actively stop the distribution of parts to repair hardware.

I guess we will see in 3 years if Google goes beyond their stated 3 years of OS updates on the 6.

I don’t think this article is actually serious. They seem to be poking fun at the justification provided for it being "Italian Enough."

Anyone actually complaining about Chris not being Italian and being serious about it don’t get the point of seeking underrepresented groups to star in movies to give them a chance at exposure.

Then what’s the excuse for Google only offering 3 years of OS updates on their Pixel 6? No Qualcomm involved there, right?

Shitty people do shitty things with useful products. It can happen with anything.

That’s what the new replacement bundle is. It now comes with the Google TV Chromecast. It’s full price though, no sale.

This is a clear out sale. These kits with the older chrome casts haven’t been in stock in Canada for a while now. The countries that are getting the sale probably had some stock still laying around so they are just purging them.

Now Google could have shifted some stock around so more countries get to enjoy the savings, but they probably don’t want to put any more money into a losing proposition.

The difference here is you can actually pick the explicit folder it gets installed to as well, among other things like access to the actual files without playing around with folder permissions.

Yes, I hope so too. It’s always a nightmare doing game updates for me, with some games updating perfectly fine, but others having an error upon updating. I hope this finally puts that issue to rest.

People spend 50k on a car and do the same thing.

Maybe they just reduced the security?

Probably for the best. It’s $99. There isn’t hardware that can actually run Wear OS at anything better than "frustratingly" for that price.

Exactly. They don’t care in the end. If you got the wrong part and it didn’t fit, you still pay for the labor. If the part is faulty, then that’s your problem. You pay for them to install it only, and they will cover the installation, not the performance of the part in any way.

Repair shops aren’t as much in the market to charge a markup on the component like a bar would be, which lives off of heavily marked up prices on liquor. They still have a repair cost and hours labor they can charge. Sure, that might end up being more expensive to the customer since they pay for the part + x hours labor to have it installed.

But bars have no such model (except maybe some restaurants where you can bring your own bottle of wine and you pay to have it served to you).

Yeah, and PC’s aren’t the reason for them dying if/when that time comes. It would be streaming, should it improve enough to be virtually seamless (given most network conditions). It’s getting close, but not quite.

You can get the S? Those seem to be readily in stock now.