My dad got the email shown below, and it feels so weird and icky... like phishing but it seems to be legit... apparently he'll get a new battery for free(?!)
Presumably he'll also need to fully backup his phone or risk losing everything?
Has anyone else got this email, and can you comment? #pixel4a
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@attie I saw someone post about the same the other day, but I don't have a reference handy and cannot comment myself
(except to say that I had a Pixel 3a that spontaneously turned into a brick because they used shitty flash in it, so… seems like they're consistent about "lol fuck you buy a new device" at least)
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@SnoopJ @attie I think it's even more shady than planned obsolescence here. I think there's some kind of battery defect and a potential class action or liability issue they're trying to get out in front of. If they really wanted to make the phones worse with an update they could do it in a much more subtle way.
But to me this is even worse than the predictable planned obsolescence. This is hey we're breaking your phone because we messed up. And you don't even get to decline the update.
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