Google Under Fire After Influencers Were Asked to Prefer Pixel Phones

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-under-fire-after-influencers-were-asked-to-prefer-pixel-phones-over-competitors/

by mancerayder • 2 years ago

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underlogic2• 2 years ago

Asked? Told. This is what desperate looks like. Google needs to get out of hardware. They know what they make is uncompetitive. It never will be even if they get the handset right because absolutely nobody trusts them.

Their only chance is to give the hardware away in exchange for the spying

nightowl_games3• 2 years ago

Pixels are great devices. I think stating this so matter of factly is a bit unbelievable.

latsu• 2 years ago

Many of my close friends and myself that have used Android phones have sworn off the Pixel brand.

Personally I had issues with GPS and the speaker on my Gen 1 pixel.

We all seem to run into hardware faults right around the end of the warranty period and their value seems to drop like a rock on the second-hand market months after launch.

Just my anecdotes.

nightowl_games3• 2 years ago

I don't get why this is controversial. Isnt sponsoring influencers like this pretty normal?

musicale• 2 years ago

TFA identifies the error which seems to have led to a situation of irritated reviewers as well as "influencers" (freelance marketers):

Team Pixel should have never been treated as a reviews program in the first place. It’s always been a marketing play for Google.

Google Under Fire After Influencers Were Asked to Prefer Pixel Phones

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