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Facebook's Parse Is Shutting Down Today (parse.com)

Posted by msmash on from the end-of-road dept.

Facebook acquired Parse, a toolkit and support system for mobile developers, in 2013. At the time, the social network's ambitions were high: Parse would be Facebook's way into one day harnessing developers to become a true cloud business, competing alongside the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Three years later, Facebook announced it would be shutting down Parse. Today is that day. From Parse's status page: As we previously shared, the Parse service is shutting down today. Throughout the day we will be disabling the Parse API on an app-by-app basis. When your app is disabled, you will not be able to access the data browser or export any data, and your applications will no longer be able to access the Parse API.

14 comments

  1. Parse by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    Taking the p...

    Leaving you all with arse.

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    Have gnu, will travel.
    1. Re:Parse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      a nice, small example of why cloud 'services' should never be trusted. Imagine if this was something people used.

    2. Re:Parse by rwven · · Score: 1

      If that was the case they wouldn't be shutting it down...

    3. Re: Parse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Tell that to the users of googles RSS reader,

    4. Re:Parse by hughbar · · Score: 1

      Yes, exactly. Also, less technical people have difficulties with the different between 'open source' (or para-synonym) and 'open api'.

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      On y va, qui mal y pense!
  2. If I stick my thumb on my screen... by SeaFox · · Score: 1, Funny

    suddenly I feel a lot happier.

    Then I take it off and I can see the headline properly.

    1. Re:If I stick my thumb on my screen... by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1

      Otherwise, as PPH said, "Facebook's arse is shutting down today" is an alternate funny headline.

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    2. Re:If I stick my thumb on my screen... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No mod points to give (since I can't be bothered to log in) but your comment made me smile. Put my thumb over my own screen as well.

    3. Re:If I stick my thumb on my screen... by HornWumpus · · Score: 1

      Jealous of OP's screen size.

      Or perhaps sympathetic for his poor eyesight and/or tiny thumb.

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      John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
  3. Facebook is shutting down today by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1

    Maybe if we keep repeating it, it's going to happen. You know, like those "facts" on the "news"?

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    #DeleteFacebook
    1. Re:Facebook is shutting down today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You mean the "facts" from our "President"?

  4. Good riddance! by Doloresanto · · Score: 1

    If whole Facebook shut down I wouldn't miss that anyway. Deleted my account and happy about it.

    1. Re:Good riddance! by hughbar · · Score: 1

      Well done, me too, three years ago and LinkedIn more recently. These monstrous things are worth nothing without 'we, the product'.

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      On y va, qui mal y pense!
  5. Cloud by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 1

    One day it's here, the other day it's not