It's worth noting that sales of this content were shut down in early 2020 and subscriptions were refunded then; this is just the shuttering of the hosting for a

It's worth noting that sales of this content were shut down in early 2020 and subscriptions were refunded then; this is just the shuttering of the hosting for a service that has not generated revenue in 3 years. The OP links to this article for context: https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/03/google-news-killing-digital-magazines-refunds-subscriptions/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/01/03/google-news-killing... Now, there could be reasons other than cost/technical debt for them to shut this down - perhaps some kind of legal or reputational risk to continuing to host certain content. And perhaps it's the same risk that Amazon identified. But there could be simpler reasons as well.