Google Poly is shutting down • Hacker News Board

tomcam wrote: post #6

mrcarruthers wrote: post #3

colour me surprised google is shutting down another product /s

Do you consider it bad that they experiment with new products?

Maybe Google should label those experimental products more clearly, so users are aware and align expectations.

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Post by zepto » Wed, Dec 02, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

tomcam wrote: post #9

lqet wrote: post #2

Will there be any Google products left at the end of 2021?

If you were running Google, what would your strategy be regarding products that can’t support themselves?

Pretty much no Google products support themselves apart from GCP and Search.

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Post by Hitton » Wed, Dec 02, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

Classic Google. Announcing shutting down of service no one has even heard before.

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Post by janlaureys » Wed, Dec 02, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

Didn't really know about this platform, but to me it looks like it could perfectly be kept in some kind of read-only mode without costing all that much for Google.

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Post by bnt » Wed, Dec 02, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

At this point, why is anyone relying on Google APIs (or even GCP!) for serious work? It feels like Google is contempt with Search, Ads and Android.

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Post by ashtonkem » Wed, Dec 02, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

tomcam wrote: post #6

mrcarruthers wrote: post #3

colour me surprised google is shutting down another product /s

Do you consider it bad that they experiment with new products?

If they’re going to kill them at the same rate? Yes.