I'm still using GCP services that were deprecated years ago (e.g., legacy VPC, classic non-HA VPNs, decommissioned images, etc.). In some cases I can't create n

I'm still using GCP services that were deprecated years ago (e.g., legacy VPC, classic non-HA VPNs, decommissioned images, etc.). In some cases I can't create new instances of these services, but those that already existed continue to work. Similarly, we have infrastructure created with very old versions of Terraform whose GCP providers continue to work despite being years old. Indeed, I can't recall a time when Google Cloud changed a public non-beta API in a compatibility-breaking way. I'm sure we can continue to go back-and-forth with our own personal anecdotes, but they are just that. If a more generous deprecation policy was actually something these cloud providers were willing to stand behind, they'd add that to their terms of service. Azure has some extended lifecycle services (to their credit), but otherwise, GCP's lifecycle policies are in line with the rest of the industry.