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Google Domains to shut down (blog.pragmaticengineer.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I'm still in disbelief having heard this for the first time today.

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[–] 22 points 3 years ago (2 children)

People think Google is in the business of providing services. They aren't. They're in the business of data collection and their services exist to facilitate that. Useful data dries up, service shuts down, every time. It sounds harsh but people who still use Google services are just setting themselves up to get fucked over.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Google is in whatever business they decide to be, and saying that they're expected to leave abruptly because the well dried up is not an acceptable answer. Ultimately it just tarnishes the brand and dooms whatever new things they try to venture into. Stadia never got off the ground for this very reason.

    Google's not going to be able to collect a lot of data if no one trusts them to run a service for more than a couple years. Hell, can I even trust them to keep Chromium going at this point!? Surely they won't let that waterfall of data dry up...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Nah man, the future belongs to the people most capable of providing tools, advice and knowledge to create further data, utility, infrastructure, etc, always has been.

    Google search engine was just one piece of the puzzle.

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