> How much would it possibly cost for Google to just keep the Works with Nest Apis on maintenance mode? The cost is basically infinite as Google is internally

> How much would it possibly cost for Google to just keep the Works with Nest Apis on maintenance mode? The cost is basically infinite as Google is internally structured, maintenance on anything but a monster service is a career dead end. It would likely be worse for an acquired service like Nest, the experience gained wouldn't transfer over to Google's back end.