I read the whole article. My reaction is such because I feel that much of software dev is plagued by the same bullshit that the article describes about Google

I read the whole article. My reaction is such because I feel that much of software dev is plagued by the same bullshit that the article describes about Google I've been on the web since the mid 90s. The last 15 years have had more cool things taken away from me because of sunset bullshit than the first half of that time period. Software (even web apps) should be eternal, there should never be "features removed" or "EOL" announcements. If they don't want to run something they should open source it and let the community take over. What the hell is the point of hoarding all this wonderful IP if it serves noone?