The State of Google

"Google Earth Pro on desktop will no longer be available for download beginning June 25, 2027."

This is the message I received today while opening Google Earth. It was in the bottom left corner of the desktop application.

What is happening at Google?

Why is it that each of the tools I have been using for the last 20 years are being destroyed one by one? Tools that have become constant in people's lives.

What are they trying to accomplish by destroying the trust gained by a generation of employees delivering the top product? Products that just worked.

Did they fire all the good employees?

Where are the men and women with long-term visions?

What is happening???

14 points | by 3dedb728-3f77 1 day ago

6 comments

  • omosubi 14 hours ago
    Does google plan to keep the web version? also, you can still use the desktop app. this seems like a non-issue
  • Panzerschrek 23 hours ago
    Google Earth is likely not profitable to keep it alive. This probably happened with many other services killed previously.
  • gokuljs 1 day ago
    See, Google has just entered its IBM era.
  • orionblastar 1 day ago
    Yahoo did the same thing to its web browser and Yahoo Groups, not to mention Geocities. If something costs more to support than it brings in, a company will end support for it.
  • rvz 1 day ago
    Google is fine. One of the world’s most profitable companies.

    Nothing to see here.

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    • stanski 1 day ago
      Exactly right. OP determines value differently than a mega corporation.
    • gokuljs 1 day ago
      A company can have money but can lose taste. look at IBM and microsoft
  • journal-myw 1 day ago
    Exactly right.