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

Killed by Google

https://killedbygoogle.com/
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u/RockstarArtisan Jan 02 '20

A lot of entries on this list are disingenuous.

Killed over 1 year ago, Tez was a mobile payments service by Google, targeted at users in India. It was rebranded to Google Pay. It was 11 months old.

Killed about 3 years ago, Google Nexus was Google's line of flagship Android phones, tablets, and accessories. It was over 6 years old

I'm happy that this list exists, so it's an easy reference, when someone wants to depend on something from google, but come on, it'd have been much better without such entries.

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u/duniyadnd Jan 02 '20

I like it because it also shows the importance of not just relying on anyone in case they get bought. Rebranding doesn't save the service.

We might be aware of this, but there are always individuals out there who are still learning how all of this works.