hahaa; wow. So, we were doing this sensor project; and I picked "boring" things like raspberry-pi, python scripts, wiring the GPIO with a screw-down terminal or using SDR for other off-the shelf sensors to build the network. And in one of the demos showing our very low-budget type project a reviewer said: "you should look at IoT managers like the G offering, we're using it". So, they declined to use our methods and built their own around G-IoT. It's important to "own" what you can in your stack otherwise this vendor-driven-churn is forced on you and is outside a schedule you control. Sure, 365 days is a lot of time to migrate -- which, IME, leads to "we can fix this later" which then leads to "oh crap!"
Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
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Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
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Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
#13Google should just go ahead and shut down their entire Cloud business. I mean, nobody in their right mind would build a business or anything substantial on top of any Google provided service, and the hobbyist market can't be that big. Just go ahead and drop out Google, and quit fucking wasting everybody's time.
I just read an article that Discord is heavily relying on Google Cloud [0]
Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
#14I don't know why anyone would build anything that relies on a google offering these days. What are they going to discontinue next?
Supposedly the funding for Google Cloud will go bye-bye if they don't beat Azure by 2023. They won't axe all of Google Cloud, but I bet they'll start killing services that don't make money. (Remember: Google is an advertising company; loss-leading cloud services don't help them sell ads)
Forgive my ignorance, but from a business perspective, is Google Docs, Drive, etc. considered part of Google Cloud or is GSuite distinctly different?
Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
#15I don't know why anyone would build anything that relies on a google offering these days. What are they going to discontinue next?
That's why I prefer to invest time and effort on AWS. I know I won't have to rewrite everything from scratch whenever Google feels like abandoning their projects.
AWS has never discontinued one of their services?
Not trolling, seriously asking (I don't use hyperscalers)
Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
#16What devices are there in the field are reliant on the Google IoT Core Service platform? Are there ‘smart’ devices that are just going to stop working unless people rewrite the firmware for a different system like AWS or Azure IoT?
Exactly, everybody who bet on Google in IoT has just got a giant RMA bill.
Same has happened when Azure changed its root cert, which was likelly hardcoded into 99% of deployed devices using it.
Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's why I prefer to invest time and effort on AWS. I know I won't have to rewrite everything from scratch whenever Google feels like abandoning their projects.
AWS has never discontinued one of their services? Not trolling, seriously asking (I don't use hyperscalers)
To the best of my knowledge, no. At least none of the AWS services I've used. They've deprecated support for some CAs and stuff, but that seems reasonable.
Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
#18I don't know why anyone would build anything that relies on a google offering these days. What are they going to discontinue next?
Supposedly the funding for Google Cloud will go bye-bye if they don't beat Azure by 2023. They won't axe all of Google Cloud, but I bet they'll start killing services that don't make money. (Remember: Google is an advertising company; loss-leading cloud services don't help them sell ads)
>Supposedly the funding for Google Cloud will go bye-bye if they don't beat Azure by 2023.
Source on this?
Also, Amazon was just an eCommerce store before AWS.
Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
#19How are they going to keep the “google home” ecosystem alive without IoT Core ?
They said they were going full on the matter protocol but I don’t see how this will replace it fully yet.
Re: Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Supposedly the funding for Google Cloud will go bye-bye if they don't beat Azure by 2023. They won't axe all of Google Cloud, but I bet they'll start killing services that don't make money. (Remember: Google is an advertising company; loss-leading cloud services don't help them sell ads)
Forgive my ignorance, but from a business perspective, is Google Docs, Drive, etc. considered part of Google Cloud or is GSuite distinctly different?
G Suite / Workspace is not typically considered part of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), which is Google's equivalent/competitor to AWS and Azure.