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This is due to Google's track record on killing products.

latchkey 4y ago
Plenty of products are still alive and kicking. AppEngine is a great example of that. Initial release date: April 7, 2008.
- bdcravens 4y ago
  No one wants to play the guessing game of which products will live and die (well, maybe those who are compulsive gambler do) https://gcemetery.co/ https://gcemetery.co/
  - latchkey 4y ago
    Ok, so nothing in about 2.5 years and some of these I wouldn't even call products. They also haven't deprecated anything on GCP since March 31, 2021. https://cloud.google.com/terms/deprecation https://cloud.google.com/terms/deprecation At the end of the day, I'm super glad they have experimented with things and it seems weird to hold that against them.
    - shmoe 4y ago
      It all goes back to reader. That's when it went sour. They eroded all trust. No one forgets that one.
      - latchkey 4y ago
        March 13, 2013, a decade ago and RSS effectively died along with it. Being upset at this for 10 years is right up there with being upset that Gopher protocol never took off.
        shmoe 4y ago
        Ok, consider me pissed about gopher too then I guess? I mean, you knew the exact date and all didn't you?
        latchkey 4y ago
        I looked it up.
    - zls 4y ago
      I think they've just stopped updating the cemetery page. Google killed Stadia this year.
- rurp 4y ago
  If you need to list out apps that haven't been killed, I think that kind of proves the point :)
lawgimenez 4y ago
And Google’s disregard of Android devs outside the America/Europe. I have been doing Android development since 2011 and still impossible to get my hands on a Pixel or Chromebook directly from Google. On the other hand, I could get the latest iPhone shipped in a month.
- actuator 4y ago
  Google just doesn't have the volumes to provide products in all countries. Providing sales integrations and support is costly and if you don't have volumes, your amortized cost over a device is high.
  - bdcravens 4y ago
    How much support is required ship internationally? Tiny Shopify stores can do it. I don't feel like the parent comment was asking for first-class support, just access to the device.

Plenty of products are still alive and kicking. AppEngine is a great example of that. Initial release date: April 7, 2008.

bdcravens 4y ago
No one wants to play the guessing game of which products will live and die (well, maybe those who are compulsive gambler do) https://gcemetery.co/ https://gcemetery.co/
- latchkey 4y ago
  Ok, so nothing in about 2.5 years and some of these I wouldn't even call products. They also haven't deprecated anything on GCP since March 31, 2021. https://cloud.google.com/terms/deprecation https://cloud.google.com/terms/deprecation At the end of the day, I'm super glad they have experimented with things and it seems weird to hold that against them.
  - shmoe 4y ago
    It all goes back to reader. That's when it went sour. They eroded all trust. No one forgets that one.
    - latchkey 4y ago
      March 13, 2013, a decade ago and RSS effectively died along with it. Being upset at this for 10 years is right up there with being upset that Gopher protocol never took off.
      - shmoe 4y ago
        Ok, consider me pissed about gopher too then I guess? I mean, you knew the exact date and all didn't you?
        latchkey 4y ago
        I looked it up.
  - zls 4y ago
    I think they've just stopped updating the cemetery page. Google killed Stadia this year.
rurp 4y ago
If you need to list out apps that haven't been killed, I think that kind of proves the point :)

lawgimenez 4y ago

And Google’s disregard of Android devs outside the America/Europe. I have been doing Android development since 2011 and still impossible to get my hands on a Pixel or Chromebook directly from Google. On the other hand, I could get the latest iPhone shipped in a month.

actuator 4y ago
Google just doesn't have the volumes to provide products in all countries. Providing sales integrations and support is costly and if you don't have volumes, your amortized cost over a device is high.
- bdcravens 4y ago
  How much support is required ship internationally? Tiny Shopify stores can do it. I don't feel like the parent comment was asking for first-class support, just access to the device.