Sounds a lot like Gmail Labs, which was discontinued. I've learned to expect most Google products to be killed off, so I don't even bother starting to use them anymore.
It's still present and working on my personal Gmail as well as my work Gsuite account. I use a bunch of the features.
electron apps on the other hands, are creating their own instance.
They'd better not kill GMail without adding an Inbox option to not show attached image previews inline in the inbox. I had to stop using Inbox because not only are these annoying, but there's no way for me to control whether my contacts (or even complete strangers for that matter) send me emails with NSFW images attached.
I like Inbox, though there are some other features I'd like to see before I permanently make the switch from GMail, but the above is a deal breaker. <me>@gmail.com has been my primary email for over a decade, but I'd have to switch to something else.
The question is not if you will move off of Gmail, but when, and would it not be better to be prepared and start the process when you're not under duress from a planned sunset?
I still have to use gmail for some things like deleting lots of messages. And lately inbox has managed to freeze my entire computer for up to 30s.
Is there a company for which that phrase isn't true?
Aside from the logically redundant phrasing, this seems to me a fair description of how selective pressures lead to evolution in populations.
Yo yes, good point, Google does make efforts to ensure that their population of products thrives, evolves, and adapts.
I expect Google does have some future left in which it will create more products so I wouldn’t say it killed almost all its product except those that still exist.
If you are using G Suite, you might need to ask your administrator to enable Labs.
If there's one product that would incite the most furor if killed off, it's definitely Gmail.
It's the best email provider around and email is what ties together most peoples' online lives.
It's also at the core of Gsuite for businesses, which I imagine makes it net profitable.
So now, when the friend says, "Hey, meet me at $PLACE tonight at $TIME and we'll do $ACTIVITY," you say, "Yeah, right," and don't bother to go, because there's a good chance he won't show up, or he'll leave after 5 minutes, and you'll have to pay his tab.
Google went from 'I need a good reason why we are not picking Google' to 'Avoid if at all able'.
For a company built on selling, Alphabet has become extraordinarily good at not selling itself.