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minus-square@KellylinkEnglish7•edit-21 month agoKeeping an internet facing service online is unfortunately expensive if you want to keep it patched. The need to migrate to a new OS every few years to keep the security updates going does force them to weight the pros and cons periodically. I don’t like it happening but I can see how they can decide to pull the plug.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoI understand they pulled the plug, what pisses me off is them being assholes and saying that you can’t look for an alternative to a service that they decided to kill.
minus-square@KellylinkEnglish2•1 month agoFair enough. Its exactly the kind of thing the Stop Killing Games campaign is trying to help with.
Keeping an internet facing service online is unfortunately expensive if you want to keep it patched.
The need to migrate to a new OS every few years to keep the security updates going does force them to weight the pros and cons periodically.
I don’t like it happening but I can see how they can decide to pull the plug.
I understand they pulled the plug, what pisses me off is them being assholes and saying that you can’t look for an alternative to a service that they decided to kill.
Fair enough.
Its exactly the kind of thing the Stop Killing Games campaign is trying to help with.