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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by Justsignedup on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:19PM (#21599734)
Wait did you just say you liked a google service and they killed it? HA! Welcome to the world.

Google services always find a great niche. The problem is google wants MAJOR hits or bust.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by exikyut on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:49AM (#21603945)
No, they just achieve runaway success on mass scale.

From Google's perspective the flypaper is just bigger; its contents are no less needle-moving.

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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by scarface74 on Friday November 22, 2019 @07:26PM (#21611520)
Contrast with Apple. AirPrint was introduced in 2010 and is still going strong.
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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by lonelappde on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:53AM (#21614688)
AirPrint is a local service; it doesn't do what Cloud Print does. (The name is a clue.)
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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by scarface74 on Saturday November 23, 2019 @02:02PM (#21615805)
Cloud Print is also useful as a printing standard where you don’t need drivers.

And to be completely honest, CloudPrint won’t do anything in a year.....

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