So who else got a free Nest Mini from Google?

[Kawaii Koneko]

So I guess Google is giving away free Nest Minis to qualifying members. Basically, you just have to have been a premium member since May 19. I've been one for years and never expected anything like this. I was just looking at apps in the store and suddenly I got a popup saying I was selected to receiver a free Nest Mini. Pretty cool deal. I chose the chalk color since I always go with black. I decided it would be nice to have something stand out a bit but not overly standout lol.

 

So who else received a free one and which color did you choose?

[gloop]

I got two surprisingly, I'd guess it was because we are all in a family group or smth.

 

I chose one charcoal and one pink/

[LogicalDrm]

1. Is it free if you pay for it to qualify?
2. Is it free if Google can sell data they collect?

[Drama Lama]

I agree Google isn´t giving away these for free with no intention. of course they want new customers to get into their ecosystem. that's why Amazon is selling their Echos almost at almost production cost (the same is to say about their kindle devices).

33 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

1. Is it free if you pay for it to qualify?
2. Is it free if Google can sell data they collect?

 

[Haro]

8 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

that's why Amazon is selling their Echos almost at almost production cost (the same is to say about their kindle devices).

How Much are they selling it for ? 

My echo mini ( or whatever its called ) was around 30 bucks when I bought it 

[Drama Lama]

11 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

How Much are they selling it for ? 

My echo mini ( or whatever its called ) was around 30 bucks when I bought it 

example for the kindle : https://www.businessinsider.com/kindle-manufacturing-cost-2011-11?r=DE&IR=T

 

example for the echo : https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/01/08/did-amazon-lose-100-million-selling-its-most-popul.aspx

 

Do the forum community standarts allow me to put these links here? if not I'll remove them. Tanks

[Haro]

4 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

Do the forum community standarts allow me to put these links here? if not I'll remove them. Tanks

It's more advised to condense them to say what they are 

Like this 

This shirt stor

Edit : or to just say what they are 

[Drama Lama]

5 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

example for the kindle : https://www.businessinsider.com/kindle-manufacturing-cost-2011-11?r=DE&IR=T

 

example for the echo : https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/01/08/did-amazon-lose-100-million-selling-its-most-popul.aspx

 

so i can leave it just there?

[Haro]

Just now, Drama Lama said:

so i can leave it just there?

Yea it's fine 

[Drama Lama]

ok thanks

5 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Yea it's fine 

I just wanted to point out that companies often don't make money on some products because they want people to get them into their "ecosystem". That is probably going to be the case with Xbox series X  and PS 5 . Due to to rising digital game sales sony and microsoft wil likely sell  their consoles at only a bit over production cost and get their money from 30% cut from digital gamesales

[Haro]

1 minute ago, Drama Lama said:

just wanted to point out that companies often don't make money on some products because they want people to get them into their "ecosystem". That is probably going to be the case with Xbox series X  and PS 5 . Due to to rising digital game sales sony and microsoft wil likely sell  their consoles at only a bit over production cost and get their money from 30% cut from digital gamesales

Oh consoles are notorious for not being profitable 

People will likely but the console Sony or Microsoft will lose money and then they will be profitable with they accessories etc

And I'm pretty sure with Navi and zen 2 coming to consoles 

I mean they can only be so expensive since they are catered to kids so no more than 500 bucks they wont have a profitable margin on the console 

[Drama Lama]

2 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Oh consoles are notorious for not being profitable 

People will likely but the console Sony or Microsoft will lose money and then they will be profitable with they accessories etc

And I'm pretty sure with Navi and zen 2 coming to consoles 

I mean they can only be so expensive since they are catered to kids so no more than 500 bucks they wont have a profitable margin on the console 

AMD is using some very expensive silicon plus SSD so if they want to sell them at 500 max they can’t make them really profitable.

how did we shift from someone who‘s simply happy because he/she got a free google nest to the pricing of nextgen consoles?

[Haro]

10 minutes ago, Drama Lama said:

how did we shift from someone who‘s simply happy because he/she got a free google nest to the pricing of nextgen consoles?

Don't really know

[WildW_UK]

I received a free one just before Christmas. It's still in the box. I considered opening it once but realised there's no audio output jack so it's basically useless.

[Teddy07]

I had to google what  nest mini even is. Never heard of it before

[Kawaii Koneko]

On 6/3/2020 at 4:26 AM, LogicalDrm said:

1. Is it free if you pay for it to qualify?
2. Is it free if Google can sell data they collect?

I mean, I went through the Taco Bell drive through the other day and they gave me a free drink because they made an extra by mistake. I had to be going through the drive through and buying something to qualify but I would still call it free.

 

Don't get me wrong, I get what you are saying. I was that argument all the time for regular perks such as the PS Plus and Live games they give you "free" every month. But those are regular advertised perks, this is just a random bonus they gave out to select members. You could argue this either way but I would call it free or at the very least free-ish.

 

As for the data. Blah, as long as they don't share my weird porn habits with my friends and family, I don't rarely care what Google does with my anonymized data lol.

 

On 6/3/2020 at 7:24 AM, WildW_UK said:

I received a free one just before Christmas. It's still in the box. I considered opening it once but realised there's no audio output jack so it's basically useless.

Yeah, the thing is pretty much useless for music unless you don't mind listening from a single speaker. I don't enjoy music much if it isn't from true stereo speakers properly spaced apart. I can tolerate it if its in a pinch like for working in the garage or something though.

I really only plan to use this thing as an assistant and for device control.

 

Btw, I just got a second one for free, not from Google this time though. My dad's business partner has a box of like two dozen that they were using for promotional purposes so my dad just gave me one today. So now I have one here and one on the way. Guess I'll put one in the office and one in the bathroom.

[Kisai]

On 6/3/2020 at 3:39 AM, Drama Lama said:

AMD is using some very expensive silicon plus SSD so if they want to sell them at 500 max they can’t make them really profitable.

how did we shift from someone who‘s simply happy because he/she got a free google nest to the pricing of nextgen consoles?

Never mind BOM, the new next gen consoles would cost at least $1400 between the GPU and SSD alone if they were retail parts. These companies don't want to lose so much money subsidizing a console when people are willing to fork out retail price for a mobile phone that is half as powerful for the same price. What I expect the next gen consoles to pull is is the same "on a 3 year contract" nonsense.

[Promosss]

On 6/3/2020 at 4:26 PM, LogicalDrm said:

1. Is it free if you pay for it to qualify?
2. Is it free if Google can sell data they collect?

1. If i don't specifically pay so that i qualify for the free stuff then yes, it's free

2. I'm not some big shot celebrity or some important figure with important secrets to keep. So long as they don't collect my credit card data to go shopping online or something like that then yes, it's free.

[Drama Lama]

If a product is free it’s likely that you are the product ( mainly the case for software )

[LogicalDrm]

5 hours ago, Promosss said:

1. If i don't specifically pay so that i qualify for the free stuff then yes, it's free

2. I'm not some big shot celebrity or some important figure with important secrets to keep. So long as they don't collect my credit card data to go shopping online or something like that then yes, it's free.

If premium anything has feature of giving special offers and promotions, then you do pay for stuff like that. The point is that they sent it to certain group who already paid for service. If it would be random across all users, then it really is free.

 

As for using your information. One person's data is not worth anything. 1000-100k of people, now we are talking. I also don't care if they collect my data. But how it's used is something I'm very weary about.

[Haro]

1 minute ago, LogicalDrm said:

I'm very weary about.

For the most part at least for me (and sure some people think this way aswell) I kind of stopped caring

Like collecting data will happen at the end of the day and there is almost 0 chance that you will be able to stop it 

 

[Drama Lama]

4 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:

For the most part at least for me (and sure some people think this way aswell) I kind of stopped caring

Like collecting data will happen at the end of the day and there is almost 0 chance that you will be able to stop it 

 

I wonder how much a „Netflix for google“ ( instead of collecting data and advertising you pay a flat monthly fee ) would cost if everyone would participate. 

[Haro]

Just now, Drama Lama said:

I wonder how much a „Netflix for google“ ( instead of collecting data and advertising you pay a flat monthly fee ) would cost if everyone would participate. 

If you mean nest from Google 

Probably not a whole lot 

They are probably giving it away for left over stock 

My echo dot was 30 bucks when my brother bought for me as a gift 

[Drama Lama]

7 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

If you mean nest from Google 

Probably not a whole lot 

They are probably giving it away for left over stock 

My echo dot was 30 bucks when my brother bought for me as a gift 

No I mean that instead of collecting user data selling it and advertising you would pay for the many now „ free“ services

this thread‘s original topic seems to have somehow shifted a bit. Not that I don’t like that