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All companies do this. Google does it too. Facebook abandoned their login system for embedded systems, leaving some of us working in the digital TV sector up sh
by davedx 11y ago
All companies do this. Google does it too. Facebook abandoned their login system for embedded systems, leaving some of us working in the digital TV sector up shit creek without a paddle. Look at what happened to the Twitter ecosystem as it locked its API down.
Bet on any third party service in a serious way and you are taking on risk that you cannot control. That's a fact of life.
- Chris2048 11y agoI can't help feel glad some embedded systems lost the requirement for a FB account... But in any case - Does google abandon projects with the same frequency?
- minikites 11y agoWave, Reader, Knol, etc: http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/visuel/2015/03/06/google-memorial-le-petit-musee-des-projets-google-abandonnes_4588392_4408996.html http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/visuel/2015/03/06/google-memori...
- Chris2048 11y agofrequency would be number of projects (with a certain amount of uptake) started divided by number abandoned. That list isn't so simple. Accelerator isn't software/service, refine became open-refine, and wasn't a service. Wave didn't seem to get a great deal of uptake (I think), and is somewhat superseded by google+ in-chat. I'm not sure how checkout differs from wallet. etc. So in those case, there is a marked difference as compared to, for example, when google discontinued reader. I also wonder how many of these projects are abandoned in name, but not in copebase? Google+ probably rebrands some of those, with a slightly different mission statement (new feature, rather than standalone product). That said, I do dislike some of the focus on social-media. The facebook effect, I guess... We probably need more protection from it...
- fuck_google 11y agoIt seems like Google is setting the standard for clueless management and other poorly managed companies are following it.