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It still might not be a great idea for Google to routinely shut down APIs in favor of other APIs if they want people to actually rely on its cloud services. It
by resoluteteeth 9y ago
It still might not be a great idea for Google to routinely shut down APIs in favor of other APIs if they want people to actually rely on its cloud services. It doesn't look like Google is interested in trying to make the migration particularly easy either:
> Q: What will happen with my existing models?
> A: You must recreate your existing Prediction API models using Cloud Machine Learning Engine. To learn more, please read our documentation about creating models on Cloud Machine Learning Engine.
- ben_jones 9y agoIf I had built a commercial product on that API how much money would this have cost me to move to the API. Also would the new API allow me to provide a better service to my customers or would it just be a pointless upkeep task.
- jo909 9y agoIf you build a product on an API you don't control, you'd better always have some realistic contingency plans on hand. A years notice is probably one of the easiest cases to handle out of the many scenarios that might force you to switch APIs.
- joncampbelldev 9y agoor build it on aws
- hackunomatter 9y agoThey _are_ giving a 1 year notice.
- endymi0n 9y agoThis. In GCP, they are handling these things transparently, professionally and proactively - usually giving you a personalized heads-up, alternatives and reminders as early as possible. Facebook on the other hand has been shutting down critical APIs under my systeme literally with a days' notice.
- bauerd 9y agoDoes Facebook have paid APIs?
- endymi0n 9y agoGood point. Definitely not as directly as Google, but in this case I guess I could make a fair point that their reporting and campaign management APIs for accessing campaigns we as a client pay 6-7 digit amounts per month for could be counted as such.
- bauerd 9y agoI think we agree that Google does a better job at shutting down APIs (paid or unpaid) than Facebook does. But I don't think people are bothered about the way Google shuts down services, but rather that they shut them down at all.
- tanilama 9y agoPeople hate migration no matter what. Maybe Google should consider what how sustainable this service is going to be before selling it
- Garfgon 9y agoWhich is one thing if your product is on a yearly (or quicker) release cycle. But it's a whole different level of pain if the project is in maintenance mode and the development team has already been reassigned to other projects.