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Beta means prerelease testing, not EOL.

• kbenson 7y ago
  Beta means not meant for general use/production, and all that implies about people being upset about beta products being diacontinued. I was covering two distinct cases, one where Google discontinues a production product, and generally they have a different product to migrate to, and one where Google discontinues a beta peoduct, where it seems they usually don't care if you were reliant on it. Beta does mean prerelease testing, and while it implies they are moving towards a release, there's no guarantee implied or otherwise that a release is forthcoming.
  • gowld 7y ago
    And non beta is no guarantee that a product won't be discontinued.