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Wow, from that thread the service looks very useful(even if you have a smartphone with data). Wish I knew about it before the shutdown. I guess such is life in
by lobotryas 13y ago
Wow, from that thread the service looks very useful(even if you have a smartphone with data). Wish I knew about it before the shutdown.
I guess such is life in the Googleverse now: if you're unprofitable then you're "distracting us from our core mission". Who wants to make bets on the next service(s) to bite the dust? :)
- mtgx 13y agoNever knew about it, either.
- Centigonal 13y agoLet's extend that idea to it's logical extent: http://www.gwern.net/Google%20shutdowns http://www.gwern.net/Google%20shutdowns
- jerf 13y agoI looked in the original data set [1] to see if this was in there; unless "SMS" meant "SMS search", it may not be at all. If it isn't in there it would be interesting to put it in the model as it stands now and see what the model thinks of the probability of shutdown. [1]: http://www.gwern.net/docs/2013-google.csv http://www.gwern.net/docs/2013-google.csv
- notatoad 13y agoi can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not - are you honestly complaining that a service you didn't learn about until its shutdown is shutting down? especially a service based on a technology that is clearly not long for this world? of course things get shut down when they're unprofitable or not aligned with the business strategy. that is the most basic principle of running a business. google isn't running a charity to provide you with obscure and marginally useful services.
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