> Google should have a graduation mechanism for a product they launch, where they publicly announce that a product is out of beta, and can be depended on to exi

> Google should have a graduation mechanism for a product they launch, where they publicly announce that a product is out of beta, and can be depended on to exist. And if the product isn't ready to be supported, they should continue to have the 'beta' moniker attached to the product name. They do this, at least for their cloud offerings. A number of their products here are explicitly listed as beta: https://cloud.google.com/products/ https://cloud.google.com/products/ And here's an example of an announcement of something going out of beta: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/python-37-for-app-engine-is-now-generally-available https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/python-37-for... I can't find a reference from some quick searches, but I remember reading that part of GA is a guarantee that if they do decide to discontinue the service, they're required to give quite a bit of notice and support.