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What's a big tech product that you actually find useful? (feddit.it)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RandomVanGloboii@feddit.it to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Most of us in Lemmy know the importance of privacy and owning your devices in a big tech owned world (me included) but for once I thought to make the opposite question and ask if there are products by them that you actually use and enjoy them.

Important to say, I mean products you use even though there are alternatives, not monopolies like YouTube.

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[–] Monkeyclock1234@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly.. I might get some pushback for this but Chromecast audio. Being able to get full home audio streaming for a fraction of the cost of a normal system with a few of those and a few old hifis. Worth it for me

[–] TigerPawsx3@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My boyfriend frequently complains that Google stopped making those..

[–] Monkeyclock1234@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have, but you can still find them on the second hand market. I m not looking forward to the day they stop supporting them however

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I had some best buy house brand speakers that stopped working in groups when Sonos won their case. They were battery powered and sounded great! But they didn't get updated so now they're e-waste.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where I am, your ISP always provides a free TV streaming box with your router. They've been Android for years now so my Chromecasts have been stuck in a drawer gathering dust

[–] Monkeyclock1234@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Ah this isn't the chromecast streaming devices I'm talking about. It's the older pucks that plug into an aux cable that you can stream music from your phone to