The State of Google
14 points - yesterday at 1:45 AM
"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???
Does google plan to keep the web version? also, you can still use the desktop app. this seems like a non-issue
Panzerschrek
yesterday at 4:57 PM
Google Earth is likely not profitable to keep it alive. This probably happened with many other services killed previously.
gokuljs
yesterday at 7:07 AM
See, Google has just entered its IBM era.
Google is fine. One of the world’s most profitable companies.
Nothing to see here.
stanski
yesterday at 3:13 AM
Exactly right.
OP determines value differently than a mega corporation.
gokuljs
yesterday at 7:08 AM
A company can have money but can lose taste. look at IBM and microsoft
journal-myw
yesterday at 1:50 PM
Exactly right.
orionblastar
yesterday at 3:16 AM
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.