Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.

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.

  • Blaidd@lemm.eeEnglish
    129·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • marmo7ade@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      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.

      • chic_luke@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        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…

        • CaptKoala@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          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!

    • EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      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.