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Google denies reports that it’s discontinuing Fitbit products (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's what Google does, launch products -> cancel them, buy products -> cancel them. I have been burned enough times by them that I don't use anything they make anymore out of the certainty that it'll get canceled just as soon as I've grown to depend on it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

what's the word for a thing that worms its way into your life, makes you depend on it, then uses that to exploit and damage you?

there's a word for that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I too was married once.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Cat?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Would 'parasite' be appropriate?