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The State of Google

3•3dedb728-3f77•3h ago
"Google Earth Pro on desktop will no longer be available for download beginning June 25, 2027."

This is the message I received today while opening Google Earth. It was in the bottom left corner of the desktop application.

What is happening at Google?

Why is it that each of the tools I have been using for the last 20 years are being destroyed one by one? Tools that have become constant in people's lives.

What are they trying to accomplish by destroying the trust gained by a generation of employees delivering the top product? Products that just worked.

Did they fire all the good employees?

Where are the men and women with long-term visions?

What is happening???

Comments

rvz•3h ago
Google is fine. One of the world’s most profitable companies.

Nothing to see here.

stanski•2h ago
Exactly right. OP determines value differently than a mega corporation.
orionblastar•2h ago
Yahoo did the same thing to its web browser and Yahoo Groups, not to mention Geocities. If something costs more to support than it brings in, a company will end support for it.