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Well, hardly anyone was using it. How long should a company maintain something for free that not many people are using? Where's the sadness over the death of Ap

• 394549 8y ago
  >> They did this with Google Reader 5 years ago. I don't think you can trust the longevity of Google services beyond GMail and Google Search. > Well, hardly anyone was using it. How long should a company maintain something for free that not many people are using? You misunderstand. He's not necessarily saying Google should maintain Google Reader or Google+ forever; he's saying that users can't trust Google to keep all but its most popular services online. If you like some new/niche Google service so much that you'll be unhappy when it's shut down, you should seriously consider not using it in the first place. I'm not sad to see Google+ go, but the aggressive rate of metrics-driven product shutdowns by modern SaaS companies is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Users learn not get used to new services and hold of using them heavily, because they'll probably get shut down; that dampens adoption so services inevitably get shut down. IMHO, SaaS companies need to embrace niche products, otherwise they're eventually going to kill off a lot of consumer appetite for innovation.
• ValentineC 8y ago
  > Where's the sadness over the death of Apple Ping, or MobileMe? What useful features does MobileMe have, that iCloud doesn't? I just looked up the list of features and the only thing missing seems to be publishing a personal website with iWeb. I don't know a single person using iTunes Ping, or heh, Game Center's social features.