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It'll be around the same time as Amazon discontinues EC2

• startupdiscuss 10y ago
  Yes, it won't happen. But suppose, for whatever reason, they decided gmail was not economical and was not bringing in enough money. Do you think they are obligated to keep it around because our lives are on there? What is their obligation, morally, and what is just a "nice" thing to do?
  • thaumasiotes 10y ago
    > Do you think they are obligated to keep it around because our lives are on there? > What is their obligation, morally, and what is just a "nice" thing to do? I'd say their moral obligation, in a practical sense, is to let people extract their email from gmail before it's taken down. As of the discontinuing of Google Reader, that seems to be something they understand.
• chronicx0 10y ago
  So in the next 5 years. Maybe sooner, considering HN's disappointment with their pricing, service offerings, and recent outages.