> if people are accustomed to avoiding new Google services because of their potential to be cancelled at any moment... they'll stop trying them to begin with.

> if people are accustomed to avoiding new Google services because of their potential to be cancelled at any moment... they'll stop trying them to begin with. That's just the 1st order effect. The next thing is that customers already onboard will start to feel nervous; as a Gmail user, is my email safe? How about Google Photos? Google Drive for consumers? Analytics? Not just limited to shutdowns, of course. Lots of businesses were using Maps and then the price got hiked quite significantly. Google services are creating a new meaning for "unstable", besides technical instability.