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Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by meow_mix » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

classic

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by kayoone » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

n42 wrote: post #173

kayoone wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well to that extent, most other SaaS products which are affordable for SMBs are not a safe investment either, it's not that non-google companies/startup never shut down. Actually most SaaS startups fail.

I agree but I think it's a false dichotomy. At least with a startup you can count on them to, well, try.

but most lack the financial stability of google and could disappear rather quickly because of that.

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by mrbonner » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 4:54 AM UTC

I just have the worst nightmare: Google abandons Photo. I have all my photos synced in Google Photo and remove duplicate in my iPhone. If they shut it down, am I screwed?

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by reustle » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 5:01 AM UTC

mrbonner wrote: post #183

I just have the worst nightmare: Google abandons Photo. I have all my photos synced in Google Photo and remove duplicate in my iPhone. If they shut it down, am I screwed?

Yes you are, if they do that. This is why I manually export everything off my phone to an external hard drive once a month, to make sure I also keep the originals. Google Photos is very searchable & easy to use, but not a final long term storage option.

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by elaus » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 5:03 AM UTC

mrbonner wrote: post #183

I just have the worst nightmare: Google abandons Photo. I have all my photos synced in Google Photo and remove duplicate in my iPhone. If they shut it down, am I screwed?

Well Google might be very kill-happy with their own products but at least they always give an early notice so everybody can at least take out their data and move to another service.

So even if they shut down Photo one day you will probably have time to download all your photos. Even today you can just download all your photos at once if you have already deleted them from your phone/computer.

Btw you should be aware that if you bulk-download your photos from Google they might be in lower resolution and they will be missing some information (e.g. the geo-coordinates). So it might be a good idea to also store your (original) photos on your own devices.

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by atdt » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 5:05 AM UTC

RestlessMind wrote: post #175

At this point, I have started seeing Google as a miniature of contemporary SV (with all its good and bad stuff). Lots of random products thrown out to the user only to be cancelled in a few years? Check! Occasional massively successful (and actually useful) products? Check! Lip service and virtue signaling for fads du jour (eg. diversity)? Check! Actual behavior hinting towards prioritizing profits over all else (eg.…

Could you please explain what you mean when you say diversity is a fad du jour? I'd like to believe you didn't mean to say something this ugly.

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by nkkollaw » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 5:15 AM UTC

Google is the new Yahoo.

They cannot keep services running for more than 24 months.

I would be terrified about starting to rely on any new service they create.

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by zonidjan » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 5:18 AM UTC

manigandham wrote: post #170

Jasper_ wrote: post #138

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> G Suite and Google Cloud are very different. GSuite is the enterprise version of the consumer apps which have billions of users so it's not going anywhere. Hire was a G Suite app.

It integrate into G-Suite but Hire is a separate application with its own subscription. I think it's clear that the G-Suite core services (email, calendar, productivity) are not going to be shutdown.

Until you realize that Hangouts is a core service which is being shutdown.

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by LaserToy » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 5:18 AM UTC

DuskStar wrote: post #128

LaserToy wrote: post #125

I preordered Stadia. I think I made a mistake.

You're only realizing this now? I think this Penny Arcade [0] is relevant... 0: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2019/06/10/stadioid

I worked for a gaming company, so, mostly curiosity. I do believe it is going to fail.

Re: Sunsetting Hire

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Post by zonidjan » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 5:20 AM UTC

adventured wrote: post #80

bigiain wrote: post #78

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100% yes. If it's not ad sales or search - I don't trust Google enough to base long term projects on it. _Maybe_ add gmail to that, perhaps. Possibly Suite (since at least they charge for it). For me at least, Google Cloud is still not quite emerged from "interesting, but not sure it'll be around long term yet" status. I'll use it as part of a multicloud architecture, or for prototypes/short-term projects. But I have…

YouTube is of course obviously safe. Google Cloud as a whole is also safe. It's the individual given products you have to worry about disappearing. It's already a very large business. Even in third place it's going to be at least a $15-$20 billion business over time. They're not shutting that down. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-cloud-arr-earnings-8-...

I wouldn't be so sure about YouTube being safe.