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(Serious question) Isn't it risky to rely on any Google product as a foundation for your business? They've shut down more popular services that people depend o
by dkubb 11y ago
(Serious question) Isn't it risky to rely on any Google product as a foundation for your business?
They've shut down more popular services that people depend on than Google Cloud. They tend to enter a market, undercut all the competitors, and then once they are dominant in the niche they terminate or change the service in a way that makes it not fulfill the original promise.
- mastazi 11y agoWell Amazon killed the Fire Phone though ;-) https://fortune.com/2015/09/09/amazon-killing-fire-phone/ https://fortune.com/2015/09/09/amazon-killing-fire-phone/ Jokes aside, probably you are thinking about free products like Google Reader, because this: > once they are dominant in the niche they terminate or change the service would not make any sense if the product in question makes $$$