Re:Pausing Manifest V2 phase-out changes
by flatiron on Saturday December 10, 2022 @10:03AM
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I was a really big stadia fan. Controller and dozens of games. Hundreds of hours in game. Everyone said it was going to shit down and I did believe them but said no way they would leave us hanging. Got every penny back from them. So at least with stadia the few that believed in them made out with free gaming over the last years (and a free useless controller)
I’ve seen Google deprecate a dozen products I’ve used. They all follow the same pattern:
1) Deprecation announced with shut down date
2) 1-2 months before the day, they’ll send an email saying the shut down is delayed by 3-12 months
3) Repeat steps 1-2 until enough people have migrated away
The same thing will happen with Google Analytics, scheduled to be disabled July 2023. There’s no way Google will turn off millions of Analytics (GA3) accounts in 6 months when their replacement product (GA4) is so inferior.