Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand | arsTECHNICA

Developers gamble on a platform’s stability even more than consumers do. Consumers might trust a service with their data or spend money on hardware, but developers can spend months building an app for a platform. They need to read documentation, set up SDKs, figure out how APIs work, possibly pay developer startup fees, and maybe even learn a new language. They won’t do any of this if they don’t have faith in the long-term stability of the platform.