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Killed products
It was good, and then it was announced.
Reader, Inbox, Domains, Stadia, Hangouts, Podcasts, and the long list behind them. Every one taught the same lesson: building on a Google product is a bet on continued corporate interest, and the shutdown notice is the only warning you get.
Meanwhile, elsewhere on Google Sucks
Filed under other categories, by people it happened to.
Account termination or lockout2026-08-07
Locked out of a Google account: what still works, in the order to try it
One account holds your mail, your photos, your phone, your logins and your two-factor codes. When it closes there is no phone number to call — but the recovery paths are not equally useless, and the order matters.
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