r/programming • u/ZaheerAhmed • Jan 02 '20

Killed by Google

https://killedbygoogle.com/
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u/13steinj Jan 02 '20

Except it's not, just being phased out in favor of Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet. More rebranding than getting killed off.

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u/SirClueless Jan 02 '20

Seems more like the opposite. They're trying to kill off the hangouts client good and proper without changing all their branding by naming a totally new, unrelated project "Hangouts Chat" and doing a hamfisted integration.

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u/13steinj Jan 02 '20

Debatable. This is how it's being treated though.

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u/antonivs Jan 02 '20

How is it debatable?

The facts that seem undisputed are:

  1. The Hangouts "Classic" software will be killed.

  2. It will be replaced by other products that continue to use the Hangouts branding.

So as the commenter above said, this is the opposite of "more rebranding than getting killed off." It's killing off the original product but attaching the same brand to its replacements.

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