[genera1]

For many devices it wouldn't be "pain in the ass", it would be straight up impossible. There are millions of devices, like smart TVs, that are out of support and don't receive updates, substantially changing API would break them. It might happen at some point, but it would piss off many people.

[ajsnigrutin]

Yes, because google always cares about not pissing off people and they never shut down old services...

/s of course