Killed by Google

I used to run everything Google: had an OnHub, then a set of Nest WiFi pucks, my domains were in Google Domains, my Photos in Google Photos, have a bunch of Nest cameras and other IoT stuff, Stadia, etc. They started by killing my OnHub, suddenly it wasn't good enough to operate as just another Nest puck. I moved off that. They killed Stadia, OK fair enough. Surprisingly, they killed my Nest Guard system too, now I have to move…

For comparison's sake... Killed by Mozilla: https://killedbymozilla.com/ Killed by Microsoft: https://killedbymicrosoft.info/ (curiously DuckDuckGo which apparently takes search results from Bing didn't show me this) Killed by Apple: https://killedbyapple.nl/ There's also one for Facebook, but it doesn't seem to be filled out: https://killedbyfacebook.nl/ Actually, why don't we have something like https://awesomeopensource.com/ but for projects that have been retired, to remember them more easily or view which…

Ah heck, I forgot about iGoogle. It was pretty awesome being able to set up your own personal portal to the web, with neat little lightweight widgets. I used to have widgets for everything from the stock market to weather to newsgroups. It was like a dashboard on the (web) world. Now what is there for that? Anything? Only in hindsight do I see now how much of a hole that left in my experience of the web, and it's…

Google Play Music was one of the best products they created. I hate Google for killing it. (and Google Reader)