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Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by uptown »

dang wrote: post #59

[stub for offtopicness] (come on you guys, anything this repetitive is off topic on HN. we want curious conversation here...)

Google doing what Google does. Anyone have a good rec for an alternative to Nest doorbell with 24/7 coverage and no monthly subscription? May as well get ahead of that end-of-life notification.

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by solardev »

koromak wrote: post #26
dang wrote: post #59

[stub for offtopicness] (come on you guys, anything this repetitive is off topic on HN. we want curious conversation here...)

Why do they even make new products at this point

If they don't make new products, what are they going to shut down?

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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monitron wrote: post #22

This has been a long time coming. My company owns a Jamboard (the hardware). They were selling it hard when we bought it. We got to use it for a year before the service contract expired. All the major features stopped working, there was no way to renew online and the salespeople were no longer answering phone calls or emails. So now we have an expensive, heavy albatross on our hands. Really makes you want to avoid de…

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Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by Y_Y »

kotaKat wrote: post #9
dang wrote: post #59

[stub for offtopicness] (come on you guys, anything this repetitive is off topic on HN. we want curious conversation here...)

It is the day after Google's 25th birthday, where we celebrated not only 25 years of ruining the Internet, but also the 289 products they brought to market and then unceremoniously dumped away. And now today [as of 9/28/2023 at 3:18 PM ET] we celebrate the 290 products they brought to market and then unceremoniously dumped away.

Hey, that's not fair. Google spent about ten years being a net positive for the internet. They used to have a program where they'd pay for pizza delivery for anyone who was up late coding. They've been churning out good FOSS for most of their existence. Given they've been more harm than good for several years now, but let's not rob them of their bright beginnings.

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv »

dang wrote: post #59

[stub for offtopicness] (come on you guys, anything this repetitive is off topic on HN. we want curious conversation here...)

For fuck's sake. Have so many of these in the office.

Never buying a Google product again. This is beyond ridiculous at this point.

Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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Post by [deleted] »

uptown wrote: post #31
dang wrote: post #59

[stub for offtopicness] (come on you guys, anything this repetitive is off topic on HN. we want curious conversation here...)

Google doing what Google does. Anyone have a good rec for an alternative to Nest doorbell with 24/7 coverage and no monthly subscription? May as well get ahead of that end-of-life notification.

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Re: Google Ending Support for Jamboard

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dekhn wrote: post #30
morkalork wrote: post #18

My job is all in on google. Gmail, meets, gcp, everything. Never heard of jamboard. We'd probably have been using it too, if we ever knew it existed! How is it that closure announcements are when we find out about these things? Especially from a company whose revenue comes from advertising?

We have these scattered around my offices (a large pharma/biotech). They go mostly unused. The idea is good. But it was outside of google's wheelhouse (they have been traditionally weak in consumer hardware except for phones).

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