Not a fan of Google's tactics but this is a somewhat misleading headline - they're discontinued and the software won't receive further upgrades, so at some poin

Not a fan of Google's tactics but this is a somewhat misleading headline - they're discontinued and the software won't receive further upgrades, so at some point in time they may stop working if the platform moves on. That's not "are dead" and "shutdown" in the immediate as the title implies.