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1. muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 19:03:17 UTC muesli

   "Google is shutting down Stadia"

   Oh, I'm so... surprised 😒

   • Daniel Cassidy 🦌 (danielcassidy@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 19:16:09 UTC Daniel Cassidy 🦌

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom Sort of surprising because Stadia was impossible useless nonsense whereas Google are most famous for killing their best and most useful services. I give Google Search six months.

   • dr. Sybren (sybren@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 20:11:48 UTC dr. Sybren

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom "It delivered a console-quality experience without the space-consuming hardware". Yes, the space that a Wii/PS/Xbox takes up is really the problem that needed solving.

     (source: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/29/tech/google-stadia-shutting-down/index.html)

   • muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 20:45:56 UTC muesli

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     • dr. Sybren
     • tuxflo

     @tuxflo @sybren

     The good news is they're at least doing the right thing and giving you refunds for all hardware and software you bought on Stadia.

   • tuxflo (tuxflo@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 20:45:58 UTC tuxflo

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     • muesli
     • dr. Sybren

     @sybren @fribbledom well that sucks. I won't buy expensive hardware just to play a couple of days throughout the year. Stadia worked pretty good for me.

   • dr. Sybren (sybren@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 20:59:33 UTC dr. Sybren

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     • muesli
     • tuxflo

     @fribbledom @tuxflo yeah, that was a nice surprise.

   • muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 21:09:50 UTC muesli

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     • dr. Sybren
     • tuxflo

     @tuxflo @sybren

     Games as well as DLC, too:

     "We will be offering refunds for all Stadia hardware purchases made through the Google Store and software transactions (games and add-on purchases) through the Stadia store."

     From https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/12790109

   • tuxflo (tuxflo@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 21:09:51 UTC tuxflo

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     • muesli
     • dr. Sybren

     @fribbledom @sybren of the software as well? I read the FAQ that only the hardware will be refunded.

   • Joe :dnd: (popekingjoe@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Sep-2022 23:06:47 UTC Joe :dnd:

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom At least they're handing out refunds for purchases for hardware and software.