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Google is really good on killing services. If it's does not make an incredible amount of money, they just kill it. They are not dumb, of course, so this appare

• yitchelle 10y ago
  Maybe I am being too cynical, but they are running a business after all. I guess they showed some goodwill by delaying their shutdown from when they first announced it.
  • Klathmon 10y ago
    The thing i don't get about the Google "shutdown" hate, is that I don't think they've ever given less than a year notice, they ALWAYS have a way to export your data in at least one common format (often more), and in many cases they even point out 3rd party alternatives (although in this case it doesn't look like they did). IMO they handle shutdowns the best out of any company i've ever seen. And at least with their services you'll have some heads up that it is going to be shut down, whereas if you go with a startup or smaller company, you sometimes have literally no notice at all. It's their way of working, try new things, kill those that aren't working out. And I like the way it works, but I fear that a lot of people hate it and that it's going away... (although I guess it's kind of ironic that i'm mourning the loss of a "way of working" much the same way that people are mourning the loss of the service)