Re: All signs point to the Nexus 6 not being ready for primetime
Apparently this needs clarifying. Crispy I'm quoting you on this because the points you make resemble those being made across multiple boards but this can be addressed to many people, it is not user specific or personal.
Google announced pre-orders for OC 29,
This would have been fine until this:
but apparently don't know the meaning of pre-order.
I think you mean to say that their plans don't fit your preferences.
The so called inventory was out of stock in minutes leaving people frustrated all day.
Google didn't give out any details at all about release date, availability, difference or not with carrier versions.
The had embargo's on reviews which won't lift for another 2 weeks.
This seems fairly intentional, right? Did they forget to release all of this information? Or are they intentionally releasing this information later?
Above are all facts, not speculation.
This time you were 3 for 4 - but the list of facts or assumptions isn't the problem. The narrative that you and others are putting behind them is the problem. It's the assumption that this was a bungle or a sinister plot, etc is the problem. This isn't uncommon, humans like to jump to conclusions and write their own versions of a fabric to pull together the disconnected observations that they make. In this case, everyone is assuming that it is being handled otherwise than intended or that the OEM's intentions are intended to harm the customer. Both of those assumptions are simply unjustified and the only way to justify them would be to have evidence that supports those respective claims.
The reasons or plans don't matter, this is what happened.
This is what happened ... from your point of view. You're not selling the devices or trying to control information about them, etc. You have a totally different perspective than that of the seller and (I don't say this to be harsh) that makes you supremely unqualified to judge the success of a strategy about which you know less than 1%.
If you think this isn't mismanagement and are willing to excuse this kind of behavior (for the 3rd year in a row, mind you) then you are a much more forgiving customer.
I'm not excusing anything, I'm simply not assuming the worst. My argument is not, "yeah, that was bad but it's okay". It is simply that neither you nor I nor anyone that posts on AC knows anything about the reasons things appear the way they do.
I'm really hoping that you (and a couple others) can see the difference between defending something and choosing not to jump to absurd conclusions and/or assume the worst each time a scrap of information is released - or speculated. The amount of information about this device, this roll-out, the carrier options, etc, etc that comes from credible sources is nearly nothing. It's all stupid people crying wolf based on their own prejudices and then unfortunately some of our members hear those things and assume the sources are credible and then start propagating the same misinformation.
My argument is not, "it's all good, Google can't make mistakes". It is also not telling people that they shouldn't be disappointed or frustrated that the roll-out didn't match their idea of how it would go. But that's not commentary on the rollout, that's commentary on the person making assumptions. My argument is merely, "let us try to get some actual information before condemning everyone". It is very difficult to get any real information in the mountain of false information being built around this.
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