I think the biggest miss Google had was with Google Wave. It was way ahead of its time, and absolutely crashed and burned at launch because of the invite-only model.

I bought a Google OnHub router, which was amazing. It was marketed as the most "future-proof" router at the time. Then Google made Google WiFi mesh routers around a year later, and OnHub was never marketed or mentioned again. Now, in addition to my already concerning privacy issues around Google services, I don't trust that they will release quality, supported products.

[–] YoungPrinceAmmon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Chromecasts are pretty solid

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's been a while since I've used a Chromecast, but they were always reliable.

[–] Hackwork@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I threw mine in the trash in less than a month, didn't even bother trying to resell it and just wanted it gone. What a pile of fucking shit that thing was. I spent more time troubleshooting than watching.

[–] curious_illusions@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a gen 1 Chromecast that I use almost daily, such a beast

[–] narF@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard that Google is about to drop support of their older chromecasts. (You might want to look into this to confirm though)

[–] curious_illusions@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I hope not!

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I can't say I had these problems back when I was using them, but that doesn't mean much because mine are sitting in a box somewhere and worthless since most TVs and streaming players support it now.

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