Google IoT Core will be discontinued on Aug. 16, 2023

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Post by borner791 » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 8:59 PM UTC

Your current IoT Core Services will remain available through August 15, 2023. Start your migration to alternative solutions. Hello [NAME],

We’re writing to let you know that Google Cloud’s IoT Core Service will be discontinued on August 16, 2023 at which point your access to the IoT Core Device Manager APIs will no longer be available. As of that date, devices will be unable to connect to the Google Cloud IoT Core MQTT and HTTP bridges and existing connections will be shut down.

Your current IoT Core Services will remain available through August 15, 2023, unless you terminate your usage of IoT Core at an earlier date.

What do I need to do? We recommend that you take action early to migrate from IoT Core to an alternative service. As an initial step, connect with your Google Cloud account manager if you have questions about your migration plans. Your account manager can also help you learn more about Google Cloud partners that offer alternative IoT technology or implementation services that meet your business requirements.

Over the next year, we will continue to reach out with additional information to support you during your migration.

—The Google Cloud IoT Core Product Team

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Post by kerblang » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 9:28 PM UTC

Are we talking about this? https://cloud.google.com/solutions/iot

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Post by stingrae » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 9:51 PM UTC

"Google Cloud IoT Core is being retired on August 16, 2023. Contact your Google Cloud account team for more information." -https://cloud.google.com/iot-core

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Post by gcharris » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 9:53 PM UTC

I don't know why anyone would build anything that relies on a google offering these days. What are they going to discontinue next?

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Post by neodypsis » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 9:57 PM UTC

gcharris wrote: post #4

I 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.

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Post by StringyBob » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 10:01 PM UTC

What 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?

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Post by 0xbadcafebee » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 10:09 PM UTC

gcharris wrote: post #4

I 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)

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Post by mindcrime » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 10:12 PM UTC

Google 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.

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Post by travisgriggs » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 10:13 PM UTC

This is starting to feel like the Windows platform post MFC/Win32.

Every couple years, it was a new initiative to get developers and the middle management deciders revved up. A sort of a “we’re building it so that you’ll come, right?” thing. And then a year or so later, a new initiative replaced it, the offering was dramatically watered down, or just altogether sunset’ed.

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Post by enos_feedler » Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 10:20 PM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #8

Google 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.

Hobbyist market is also not using gcp and more likely using digital ocean or similar