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Let me provide a simpler model. If it's not driven by ad revenue (e.g. Search and, increasingly, Maps), helps Google maintain a grip on showing ads (Chrome and

Let me provide a simpler model. If it's not driven by ad revenue (e.g. Search and, increasingly, Maps), helps Google maintain a grip on showing ads (Chrome and Android), or is critically used within Google (Mail, Docs, Calendar, Meet), it will be eventually shut down (looking at you, Cloud!). Oh, and if it's a messaging app, it's on the chopping block from they day of launch. From the article: >These all seem like reasonable products to signal out ... except for Cloud Messaging which seems to be a key part of a lot of Android Case in point: deprecated in 2018. ----- Sheds a tear for Picasa, which is perfectly usable in 2022, but not available for download

serial_dev 4y ago
What do you think about Flutter, Dart, Go, and Fuchsia?
- romwell 4y ago
  >What do you think about Flutter, Dart, Go, and Fuchsia? * Go : Google's infra uses Go. Guaranteed survival. * Dart/Flutter: Google Ads app was written in Dart/Flutter. Likely to stick around. * Fuchsia: it's the OS on Nest Hub. Fits into the same category as Android, but is currently low-impact (and hence deprecatable). I don't know what will come of it.
  - zinekeller 4y ago
    > * Go : Google's infra uses Go. Guaranteed survival. Actually, I think that even if Google abandons Go (I agree that it's unlikely though), the community is now big enough that it'll survive on its own.
    - romwell 4y ago
      It's not a service, so Google can't even shut it down, only abandon.