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Google is shutting down its cloud printing service
Printing documents over the web using Google Chrome is about to get a bit more complicated for some users as Google has announced that Cloud Print will no longer be supported in 2021.
Cloud Print is a useful service that allows users to print directly from Chrome on desktop and mobile without having to physically connect a printer to their device.
Despite being released in 2010, the service is actually still in beta but now it will never see a full release as Google has published a support document advising Cloud Print users to look for alternative online printing solution before the beginning of next year, which reads:
“Cloud Print, Google’s cloud-based printing solution that has been in beta since 2010, will no longer be supported as of December 31, 2020. Beginning January 1, 2021, devices across all operating systems will no longer be able to print using Google Cloud Print. We recommend that over the next year, you identify an alternative solution and execute a migration strategy.”
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @07:01PM
On the bright side, even for people and businesses that don't care about Google's full frontal assault on privacy this is still a great reason to avoid Google services. It's a running joke now: if Google launches a service that isn't absolutely central to their business model, they're probably going to kill it eventually.
Granted, users and businesses tend to jump to Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, and similar and that's more or less like jumping back from the fire into the frying pan. But I'd call Google the biggest threat to user privacy in the world, so as much as I abhor Microsoft I would rather see users adopt Microsoft than Google tech.