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So in how many years is Google going to shut down Firebase? It was an acquisition and they don't tend to keep those running for long.

by jannes 9y ago

Kamshak 9y ago
They have since acquired more companies to complement the offer and released a new product called Cloud Firestore very recently. They are also doing conferences promoting it in lots of places. Doubt it's going away very soon.
phpencil 9y ago
Firebaser here! We've been investing pretty heavily in the platform so I think we will be around for a while. Worth noting that YouTube, Double click and Android were all Google acquisitions too!
- maxerickson 9y ago
  Those all provide space for ads. Does Firebase have a roadmap for providing advertising space?
  - greydata 9y ago
    AdMob: https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/admob-firebase https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/admob-firebase Also Firebase has a free tier but it does cost money https://firebase.google.com/pricing/ https://firebase.google.com/pricing/
mg74 9y ago
This knee-jerk-ism is tiresome. There are plenty of products that Google has retired, and plenty of products that Google has continued to invest in. Just like any other big corporation. (acquisition still running, top of my head: Google Docs, Android, YouTube, DoubleClick)
- hk__2 9y ago
  Well it’s so common Wikipedia has a dedicated category for them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Google_acquisitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Google_a...
  - mg74 9y ago
    And is it anymore than other big corporation? That pages lists 24 products, which doesn't seem that much to me. There have been plenty of stories about retired products at FB, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Im not disputing that Google does this, but ever since Google Reader was stopped this has become a stock comment on basically every HN discussion on Google products (other than search & ads) and has long ceased to have any value at all, and seems to be just accepted as some gospel without any evidence that this is a bigger problem with Google than the other tech giants.
    - adam12 9y ago
      > And is it anymore than other big corporation? I don't think hk__2 is promoting another big corporation.
      - joshuamorton 9y ago
        I don't think hk__2 was promoting Google.
    - lucideer 9y ago
      in jannes' and hk__2's defence, that Wikipedia category page looks very incomplete. I'm sure the number is far higher than 24. Perhaps it's HN apophenia but Google's record of discontinuance does not seem insignificant - it is valid for anyone to be skeptical of their ability to maintain any newer product in the medium term. That said, I think anyone who's followed Firebase closely since the acquisition should have reasons to have more confidence in their commitment in this one particular case.
  - srcmap 9y ago
octalmage 9y ago
Google is investing a ton of money into their cloud offerings, and it seems like Firebase is a part of this strategy.
mej10 9y ago
They've been releasing new features for it at a pretty steady rate. I think it is a safe bet in terms of sticking around. It fits in well to the overall Google Cloud Computing offering and has few real competitors in AWS/Azure. I say this as someone using AWS daily but Firebase for side projects.
twistedpair 9y ago
Urchin is doing quite well at Google, 12 years after the Google acquisition.

So in how many years is Google going to shut down Firebase? It was an acquisition and they don't tend to keep those running for long.

by jannes 9y ago

So in how many years is Google going to shut down Firebase? It was an acquisition and they don't tend to keep those running for long.

Kamshak 9y ago

They have since acquired more companies to complement the offer and released a new product called Cloud Firestore very recently. They are also doing conferences promoting it in lots of places. Doubt it's going away very soon.

phpencil 9y ago

Firebaser here! We've been investing pretty heavily in the platform so I think we will be around for a while. Worth noting that YouTube, Double click and Android were all Google acquisitions too!

maxerickson 9y ago
Those all provide space for ads. Does Firebase have a roadmap for providing advertising space?
- greydata 9y ago
  AdMob: https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/admob-firebase https://firebase.google.com/docs/admob/admob-firebase Also Firebase has a free tier but it does cost money https://firebase.google.com/pricing/ https://firebase.google.com/pricing/

mg74 9y ago

This knee-jerk-ism is tiresome. There are plenty of products that Google has retired, and plenty of products that Google has continued to invest in. Just like any other big corporation. (acquisition still running, top of my head: Google Docs, Android, YouTube, DoubleClick)

hk__2 9y ago
Well it’s so common Wikipedia has a dedicated category for them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Google_acquisitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Discontinued_Google_a...
- mg74 9y ago
  And is it anymore than other big corporation? That pages lists 24 products, which doesn't seem that much to me. There have been plenty of stories about retired products at FB, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Im not disputing that Google does this, but ever since Google Reader was stopped this has become a stock comment on basically every HN discussion on Google products (other than search & ads) and has long ceased to have any value at all, and seems to be just accepted as some gospel without any evidence that this is a bigger problem with Google than the other tech giants.
  - adam12 9y ago
    > And is it anymore than other big corporation? I don't think hk__2 is promoting another big corporation.
    - joshuamorton 9y ago
      I don't think hk__2 was promoting Google.
  - lucideer 9y ago
    in jannes' and hk__2's defence, that Wikipedia category page looks very incomplete. I'm sure the number is far higher than 24. Perhaps it's HN apophenia but Google's record of discontinuance does not seem insignificant - it is valid for anyone to be skeptical of their ability to maintain any newer product in the medium term. That said, I think anyone who's followed Firebase closely since the acquisition should have reasons to have more confidence in their commitment in this one particular case.
- srcmap 9y ago

octalmage 9y ago

Google is investing a ton of money into their cloud offerings, and it seems like Firebase is a part of this strategy.

mej10 9y ago

They've been releasing new features for it at a pretty steady rate. I think it is a safe bet in terms of sticking around. It fits in well to the overall Google Cloud Computing offering and has few real competitors in AWS/Azure. I say this as someone using AWS daily but Firebase for side projects.

twistedpair 9y ago

Urchin is doing quite well at Google, 12 years after the Google acquisition.