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by dmd 3738 days ago
I feel like at this point there should just be a form letter for Google retiring services.

Dear users,

[ ]MAJOR [ ] MINOR

Google service which you

[ ] DEPENDED ON TO DO YOUR JOB [ ] BUILT MAJOR PARTS OF YOUR WORKFLOW ON [ ] LIKED A LOT [ ] HAD BEEN MEANING TO TRY OUT, DAMMIT [ ] HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF

will be discontinued

[ ] LITERALLY TOMORROW [ ] IN SIX MONTHS, AND YOU CAN EXPORT YOUR DATA BUT IT'S IN SOME COMBINATION JSON+XML FORMAT WHICH THE DEVELOPERS THINK IS TOTALLY HIP BUT PROBABLY YOU SHOULD JUST WAIT FOR SOMEONE HIPPER THAN YOU TO WRITE A LIBRARY TO PARSE IT [ ] AND AUTO-MIGRATED TO A SERVICE YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO USE

Thanks for your support. Please try out

NEW PRODUCT THAT WE ARE INTRODUCING TOMORROW AND SUNSETTING

[ ] WHO KNOWS HAHAHAHA

See you at http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/ !

Love, Google.