No, all of these were places where uses were left stranded.
If you started a business which relies on functionality in Manifest V2, and Google wants to block ad blockers with Manifest V3, you're SOL. If you started a small business which makes Workspace apps for local companies, and Google starts requiring a $50k security audits which are greater than your profits, you're SOL, and those local businesses are SOL. And so on.
There is no migration path, at least which allows you to stay in business. I'm not talking about changing chat clients. I'm talking about Google razing thousands of small businesses to the ground because they don't matter to a $1.8T goliath. All of these businesses were Google's partners in a Google ecosystem, not competitors.
Microsoft -- at least modern Microsoft -- doesn't do this.
This is why I always advise people never to rely on Google for B2B. It's transactional; it's fine for making a quick buck if you've got something you think will make you a mint for a year or two, but it's not fine for building a sustainable business.
If you started a business which relies on functionality in Manifest V2, and Google wants to block ad blockers with Manifest V3, you're SOL. If you started a small business which makes Workspace apps for local companies, and Google starts requiring a $50k security audits which are greater than your profits, you're SOL, and those local businesses are SOL. And so on.
There is no migration path, at least which allows you to stay in business. I'm not talking about changing chat clients. I'm talking about Google razing thousands of small businesses to the ground because they don't matter to a $1.8T goliath. All of these businesses were Google's partners in a Google ecosystem, not competitors.
Microsoft -- at least modern Microsoft -- doesn't do this.
This is why I always advise people never to rely on Google for B2B. It's transactional; it's fine for making a quick buck if you've got something you think will make you a mint for a year or two, but it's not fine for building a sustainable business.