[aibottle]

Doesn't matter. To general masses it just looks (and well you will have to change code) like they shut down another thing after short time people relied on. Bad move Google. Just stop offering it and keep in running in quiet for people who have it next time.

[powera]

The general masses neither know nor care about this API. "Business" folks will see they have a year to transition to an improved version of the product.

[cwyers]

Man, there are some enterprises still running mission-critical stuff on Windows XP. The idea that a year to transition something is a long time window for enterprises is absurd.

[edko]

... and that they will need to allocate a budget to this migration project, and make sure it is delivered successfully. If they do not understand the benefits, "business" folks will just see it as an annoyance.

[NetMonkey]

Business folks: So instead of new features we have sold to customers we have to spend X weeks on this feature which was working perfectly fine?

[skybrian]

Since nobody here has yet admitted to using this API, these business folks are rather hypothetical so far.

(I expect some exist, but we haven't heard from them yet.)