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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension wit... by dmortin on Thursday October 22, 2020 @06:21AM (#24856519)
Even if they did, for such a big service there would be a long transition period. E.g. 2 years, so you could move somewhere else.
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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension wit... by georgebarnett on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:43AM (#24856982)
That assumes that you can move off the system and that’s enough notice. Not to mention that it blows up your roadmap.

What’s the point of outsourcing heavy lifting if the vendor is just going to surprise drop it back on your at an in opportune time?

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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension wit... by tinus_hn on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:44AM (#24856994)
That would be reasonable, yes. But not expected from Google.
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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension wit... by flurben on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:50AM (#24857028)
Wow, 2 years, such a long time
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