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Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months::Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.

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[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Lots of misunderstanding in these comments. Google Fi service is not going anywhere, Google is not cancelling any services. The Pixel Pass is basically just a bundle of optional services that can be added to your Fi account for a very slight discount. You do not get a free phone, you get interest free financing on your phone. Because they are cancelling the Pixel Pass Google has given me $100 credit towards my next phone, which is a better deal than the Pixel Pass itself.

Like many people I'm not happy with a lot of things Google has been doing lately, but the Pixel Pass being cancelled is not important.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To take some sting out of the move, Google is offering a "$100 loyalty reward credit" for active Pixel Pass subscribers. You can use it for $100 off a new Pixel phone from the Google Store or Google Fi, and it expires in two years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks for pointing out that typo, I fixed the credit amount

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The Pixel Pass is basically just a bundle of optional services that can be added to your Fi account for a very slight discount.

$300 over 2 years is not slight.

I understand completely. This is profiteering and another example of google killing a product I like. Fuck google. They finally got me to switch to an iphone after buying Nexus/Pixel for a decade. I'm switching out of spite.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I hate Google as much as the next guy but I don't think switching to the product of an even more capitalistic company, one that is completely locked down and doesn't allow you to install your own OS, is actually a good solution…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn. Shoulda kept your Pixel and put GrapheneOS on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm so glad I keep seeing the "just GOS it", I greatly prefer my GOS pix6 to the stock one. As I said in an earlier comment in this post, I just can't switch the stock one over fast enough!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

That's 12.50 cents a month. You could have literally cancelled at any time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Except that you're lying