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Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with 6k hours on Stadia begs fo... by matt_s on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:26AM (#33035281)
Honestly they have the capital to take a position where they publicly state they aren't investing in the product anymore, they'll happily refund people money and work with studios to help users move to other platforms but they'll also keep the lights on for whomever wants to keep using it, unsupported.

Why they completely kill and bury entire products very quickly is sort of bizarre for a company their size.

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Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with 6k hours on Stadia begs fo... by burlesona on Friday September 30, 2022 @11:01AM (#33035820)
It’s not healthy to have too many zombie products and staff around your company. Especially at the rate that Google introduces products and then shuts them down, at this point they would have tons staff working on sunsetted products. Besides how incredibly expensive that is, it’s bad for morale.

The question is just how to shut things down in a good way. Honestly it seems like Google has done better than they usually do with this one (refunding everything), but it’s never possible to make everyone happy who depended on your service.

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