i think square has come up with a very good idea thats going to change the payment systems
Don't worry, Google will buy them and shut them down too.
Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
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Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#82While Checkout was deprecated for months, this marks the fourth in several huge shutdowns by Google. Reader, iGoogle, AOSP, and now Checkout. Not to mention their 3E mantra with companies like Sparrow and QuickOffice. Is there any way that Google can even be thought of as not evil anymore? I'm slowly shifting everything away from Google. I'm using an iPhone 3G as my main smartphone; switched to DuckDuckGo as my searc…
It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that AOSP was shut down.
Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#83While Checkout was deprecated for months, this marks the fourth in several huge shutdowns by Google. Reader, iGoogle, AOSP, and now Checkout. Not to mention their 3E mantra with companies like Sparrow and QuickOffice. Is there any way that Google can even be thought of as not evil anymore? I'm slowly shifting everything away from Google. I'm using an iPhone 3G as my main smartphone; switched to DuckDuckGo as my searc…
It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that AOSP was shut down.
Well, without Google's proprietary Play Services, it's practically unusable by itself.
Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#84If this was because checkout was a commercial failure they need to make that public knowledge. Otherwise this does make it seem like you can't rely on any Google product that's not part of their core offering. I'm specifically thinking of Google Voice & Keep.
Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#85It will be replaced by 'Google Bitcoin'.
Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
> This is an account because Google required accounts (not aliases/lists/groups) to access certain resources What type of resources are these, that can't be controlled with an ACL?
Google Checkout is a good example, the founders and the accountant all needed access when we were using it. It's much easier to create one account we all shared - than grant access to all 3 accounts, for all things accounting related. Additionally some services - and I think Google Checkout was one - do not allow you to grant access to others at all, so if you started such an account in the accountants name, everytim…
Google Checkout allows (allowed) granting access to other accounts.
Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, but how many business was using Google Checkout as only method of payment? This decision will hurt only those businesses. Rest of businesses using Google Checkout will remove one of payments method. Not a big deal, and we may guess that this method was probably not so popular already.
My startup for a time being was only using Google Checkout. Here lies the problem. Can't trust Google with building APIs when they reorganize. This is surprising to me, but I wonder if Google Maps could close down....
That's insane, maps collects huge amounts of data, google's raw material.
Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#88I'm still annoyed that iGoogle is going away. I've tried some alternatives and still haven't found one I like as well. And now it reminds me every day that its going away. Ugh.
Which parts of iGoogle (fragments) did you actually use?
I use it mostly for RSS feeds, which come in a surprising variety of formats that not all of iGoogle's would-be replacers can handle. I also have a weather app, the Gmail app, and I like that I can read at least a portion of some stories directly within it without going to the website.
Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#89i think square has come up with a very good idea thats going to change the payment systems
Don't worry, Google will buy them and shut them down too.
Why would you think that? It's not like Dorsey needs the money, Square are doing genuinely innovative things and I very much doubt they would be interested in selling to BigCorp.
Re: Google Checkout Closing Down on Nov. 20th
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Google Checkout is a good example, the founders and the accountant all needed access when we were using it. It's much easier to create one account we all shared - than grant access to all 3 accounts, for all things accounting related. Additionally some services - and I think Google Checkout was one - do not allow you to grant access to others at all, so if you started such an account in the accountants name, everytim…
Google Checkout allows (allowed) granting access to other accounts.
Cool - so not checkout, there are still plenty of google services that don't/didn't and sorting them out is not easy.