Generally speaking, some big companies are less reliable providers of software than individuals. Google's long list of killed projects is a good example, but a

Generally speaking, some big companies are less reliable providers of software than individuals. Google's long list of killed projects is a good example, but any large (especially publicly traded company) may kill a service if they decide the economics don't look good. You see this particularly when a large company grows by acquiring smaller companies, resulting in a stock price boost; but then a few quarters later there's a need to offset greater business failures by cutting costs, so some divisions or projects get axed. I would probably trust in this order: 1. small focused profitable company 2. large private profitable company 3. solo operator 4. large publicly traded company