Do you know whether it was considered? In this particular case, I don’t know, although the lack of any positive examples to point to suggests that it’s not an

Do you know whether it was considered? In this particular case, I don’t know, although the lack of any positive examples to point to suggests that it’s not an option that’s typically given any weight in decision-making. Whose department should take the budget hit for maintaining a no longer viable project? Speaking as a user, I don’t care. Isn’t Google swimming in profit? (I realize of course that you don’t achieve the kind of success in the first place that brings those colossal profits without making hard-nosed decisions along the way -- arguably) Whose reputation should be dinged for running a non viable product? Again, speaking as a user, I’d put value in keeping the “non-viable” product around, if it were one I happened to use. I’m not expecting my answer to change anything, but it’s a general answer to a general question. What could they do differently? Answer: eat the loss.