Hot Take Google Graveyard (killedbygoogle.com) & Microsoft Graveyard (microsoftgraveyard.com)

[Ink]

See all the apps, services and products killed by Google and Microsoft.

Killed by Google

Killed by Google is the open source list of dead Google products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Google.

killedbygoogle.com

Microsoft Graveyard | The virtual graveyard for all products killed by Microsoft

Microsoft Graveyard is the virtual graveyard for all products killed by Microsoft; a free and open source collection of dead Microsoft products built by a passionate and nostalgic community.

microsoftgraveyard.com

 

[plat]

What an ultimate waste of millions of good money. Next time, check w/me first, Google, as I may have better uses for that cash.

Spoiler

 

[show-Zi]

Google has published a Japanese input system, but has recently stopped updating. It may be on this list soon.

 

[DeepWeb]

Eehh this list makes things look worse than they are. A lot of these projects got integrated and recycled into the bigger branches and brands. For example there was no point of having Google Videos and YouTube coexist. Data Saver is becoming useless since it does not compress encrypted sites and vast majority of the web is now encrypted other than a few ancient websites. Google Goggles died and got revived as Google Lens and it's everywhere now instead of being a separate app.

It's not the projects that count, but the ideas and the good ideas continued to live on.

Update: Data Saver still exists! It has been integrated into Chrome and is now called Lite Pages

Lite Page provided by Google in Google Chrome - gHacks Tech News

Google revealed information about Chrome Lite Pages in a blog post that extend the capabilities of the browser's Data Saver feature.

www.ghacks.net

 

[Arequire]

Think about how many of these products/services were created by competitors and how they might have flourished outside Google's toxic ecosystem.

 

[alakazam]

I'm still waiting for Google to kill its own search engine and YouTube. One can only hope, right?

 

[Ink]

Google kills Measure, its AR-based measurement-taking app

Another plot in the Google Graveyard

www.androidpolice.com

 

[enaph]

Google+ and Reader - never understood why they have killed them.
Reader was one of the best RSS readers out there and G+ had a potential to be FB killer.

 

[Ink]

A new site for apps, services and products Killed by Microsoft

Microsoft Graveyard | The virtual graveyard for all products killed by Microsoft

Microsoft Graveyard is the virtual graveyard for all products killed by Microsoft; a free and open source collection of dead Microsoft products built by a passionate and nostalgic community.

microsoftgraveyard.com

 

[oldschool]

Will Smart App Control be one of MS's future victims?