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Exactly. I was pointing out that not every app/service has to be preserved and supported forever.

codetrotter 3y ago
> Anyway, just thought that whipping out "Google kills products" meme for a mere feature was a bit much. I know I’m beating a dead horse^W^W^W dead Google products but, they really do kill a lot of popular products https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/ That being said, if they add eSig for Google Docs I agree; I don’t see why nor how they’d kill that individual feature unless they kill Docs all-together. Which, hopefully, they won’t do for many years yet.
- duringmath 3y ago
  Some popular products,sure. Much of the listed "casualties" were throwaway wrapper apps that have perfectly fine webapp replacements, apps for platforms that no longer exist, duplicates, and stand alone apps that are now features of bigger apps etc.
- delecti 3y ago
  A great many of their killed products ended up being merged/evolved into other ones (Duo into Meet). A great many more weren't even "killed"; over the past 20 years their in-gmail chat program has evolved from Talk to Hangouts, and then from Hangouts to Chat. It has kept the same chat history throughout the past 20 years, but "killed by google" lists Talk and Hangouts as two killed products.
  - TeMPOraL 3y ago
    > It has kept the same chat history throughout the past 20 years So how come I can't access chats from before mid-2013? Not even by Google Takeout? (It so happens that some of the most important conversations in my life happened in 2012, so I'm to date super annoyed that, for no good reason, 2013 is some kind of cut-off date.)
    - delecti 3y ago
      You seem to be right. I'm pretty confident in my memory that the history persisted from Talk to Hangouts, but the Talk history may not have persisted again from Hangouts to Chat. That would line up with your data, as the Talk to Hangouts switch/rename happened in 2013.
  - dvngnt_ 3y ago
    but the other part is even when they replace services the new one lacks the same features or ux that made the original special. inbox vs gmail play music vs youtube music
    - delecti 3y ago
      They certainly kill services, my point is the "Google Graveyard" is very overblown.

> Anyway, just thought that whipping out "Google kills products" meme for a mere feature was a bit much. I know I’m beating a dead horse^W^W^W dead Google products but, they really do kill a lot of popular products https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/ That being said, if they add eSig for Google Docs I agree; I don’t see why nor how they’d kill that individual feature unless they kill Docs all-together. Which, hopefully, they won’t do for many years yet.

duringmath 3y ago
Some popular products,sure. Much of the listed "casualties" were throwaway wrapper apps that have perfectly fine webapp replacements, apps for platforms that no longer exist, duplicates, and stand alone apps that are now features of bigger apps etc.
delecti 3y ago
A great many of their killed products ended up being merged/evolved into other ones (Duo into Meet). A great many more weren't even "killed"; over the past 20 years their in-gmail chat program has evolved from Talk to Hangouts, and then from Hangouts to Chat. It has kept the same chat history throughout the past 20 years, but "killed by google" lists Talk and Hangouts as two killed products.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago
  > It has kept the same chat history throughout the past 20 years So how come I can't access chats from before mid-2013? Not even by Google Takeout? (It so happens that some of the most important conversations in my life happened in 2012, so I'm to date super annoyed that, for no good reason, 2013 is some kind of cut-off date.)
  - delecti 3y ago
    You seem to be right. I'm pretty confident in my memory that the history persisted from Talk to Hangouts, but the Talk history may not have persisted again from Hangouts to Chat. That would line up with your data, as the Talk to Hangouts switch/rename happened in 2013.
- dvngnt_ 3y ago
  but the other part is even when they replace services the new one lacks the same features or ux that made the original special. inbox vs gmail play music vs youtube music
  - delecti 3y ago
    They certainly kill services, my point is the "Google Graveyard" is very overblown.