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Has Google Shut Down SMS Search?

Posted by samzenpus on from the so-long-farewell dept.

hypnosec writes "Users in the US are reporting that Google has allegedly shut down its SMS Search service without any official announcement or notification. According to initial reports users are getting a 'SMS search has been shutdown' message. Navigating to the official Google Mobile website and clicking on SMS Search yields nothing but 404 – Page not found error."

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  1. grow up, you entitled shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The LEAST they could have done was what they did: they simply stopped giving out a free item to you freeloading looters. Only in spoiled and entitled America do people think that those who give charity somehow owe them yet even more. Atlas Shrugged is becoming more true every day.

  2. Re:Killed because it wasn't a revenue generator by LihTox · · Score: 1, Troll

    ALICE: "Hey Bob, will you come hold this ladder for me while I climb up on the roof, make sure it doesn't fall over."
    BOB: "OK"
    Bob holds the ladder, Alice climbs up on the roof. Bob gets bored and leaves, and the ladder falls over.
    ALICE (on cellphone to Bob): "Hey you jerk! You left me up here on the roof! Why didn't you stay?"
    BOB: "It's not like you were paying me or anything. You should be grateful that I stayed for as long as I did."

    Now, how should Alice react? There probably isn't any sort of legal remedy she can take against him (just as there's no legal remedy that people have against Google for taking away their free services). But you can bet she's angry, and she's going to think twice about turning to Bob again, and she's going to warn all her friends that Bob is not to be trusted.

    That's the "issue", and that's what's going on here. All free services have the potential to become an important part of somebody's life, so that taking them away can leave them up on the roof without a ladder.