Calling a service that launched only 17 months ago "legacy functionality" is troubling. Why should I engage with any new Mozilla product or service if they're going to cut it off at the knees after a year?
If Google can do it why can’t we?
>And this is why we all should have shouted louder when Google set this precedent five years ago.
Do you also shout loud when Microsoft set a precedent for shutting down products and services? Of course you don't. You just confine your rage to Google. Let's have a look at all of the products and services Microsoft has cancelled:
Let that sink in next time you do a drive by on a Google related topic and post one of those lame "I wonder when it will be cancelled" worthless posts.
I mean, that list has MS-DOS. To which we still have backwards compatibility. And it's twice as old as Google.
Also, tone.
Relentlessly. If you get me talking about MS you won’t be able to get me to shut up.
They’re a bully who was never broken and that just invites more bullies.
Whatever tiny power I have to prevent another Microsoft from ever happening again, I will happily use it, and proactively. I think you’ll find that some of the “unfair” venom FB, Google and Amazon get is from people who feel the same way. Take them down a notch while they’re still in arm’s reach.
The system has worked great for decades. Data is automatically gathered via a hardware datalogger accessory that has a ethernet interface. Is there any google product with anything close to that useful lifespan?
a) I pay for. An amount of /money/, both service and I can sustain with, or
b) I host myself.