PhilR8Sep 28, 2023
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$5,000 Google Jamboard dies in 2024—cloud-based apps will stop working, too

Google's digital whiteboard for schools and businesses lasted 8 years.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/5000-google-jamboard-dies-in-2024-cloud-based-apps-will-stop-working-too/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

$5,000 Google Jamboard dies in 2024—cloud-based apps will stop working, too

Google's digital whiteboard for schools and businesses lasted 8 years.

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Sep 28, 2023 at 10:16pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadtriswebSep 28, 2023
@arstechnica ahhhh dammit we have two of these in our office. They’re actually not terrible. Maybe Zoom can commandeer the hardware.
Show threadWesley HilliardSep 28, 2023
@arstechnica message to schools and businesses from Google: never invest in our tech, we'll give up on it and make it worthless in just a few years
Show threadTravisSep 28, 2023
@HilliTech @arstechnica I mean if killedbygoogle.com isn’t enough of a reason to avoid all Google products and services, I don’t know what is. I’m honestly surprised Chrome and Gmail haven’t ended up in the Graveyard yet.
Show threadPaul EvansOct 1, 2023
@HilliTech @arstechnica *eyes all those Chromebooks everyone seems to have*
Show threadKetil FroynSep 28, 2023
@arstechnica Let's see if Google can go about this in a responsible manner. They should publish all technical docs on the hardware, and share any drivers and software that they will no longer support under permissive open source licences. There's no point sending perfectly functional hardware units to the landfills. In fact, this should not be acceptable. Let other companies and/or the open source community take over.
Show threadLCPSep 28, 2023
@arstechnica https://killedbygoogle.com/
Killed by Google

Killed by Google is the open source list of dead Google products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Google.

Killed by Google
Show threadAbregoSep 28, 2023

@arstechnica Google, Apple, Microsoft. They’re all the same.

Forced obsolescence is the foundation of their biz models.

There ought to be a law…

Show threadghouloniceSep 28, 2023
@arstechnica This stinks. I used it to help me on my group project earlier this year.
Show threadThomas TraynorSep 29, 2023
@arstechnica another expensive brick.
Show threadEmmanuel TouzerySep 29, 2023
@arstechnica I was recently looking at the Twitter auction when they sold off tons of items and was baffled by the number of jamboards they used to have and put for sale. The combination of IoT and Google is deadly.
Show threadbhcompySep 29, 2023
@arstechnica
Pour out some Chambord for Jamboard
Show threadChris BroomeSep 29, 2023
@arstechnica meanwhile analog whiteboards are still rocking even with the same firmware. I’m very wary of tech in schools. It rarely pans out and almost always cannibalizes from tried and true things that actually work.