On: Google’s New Bookmarking Service, Previously Calle...

[archagon]

There is no point in betting on something that has a 50/50 chance of disappearing in a few years to store your valuable bookmarks — especially when (I assume) cross-platform support will be lacking.

Use Pinboard instead.

[dragonwriter → archagon]

> There is no point in betting on something that has a 50/50 chance of disappearing in a few years to store your valuable bookmarks

If its convenient for use now and there is a a very high probability that, if discontinued, there would be a convenient export mechanism and a significant period in which to use it, then even if there is a "50/50 chance of disappearing in a few years", I don't see why it wouldn't be a good place to store bookmarks.

[notatoad → archagon]

Unless you're like me and you don't consider your bookmarks to be very valuable. If google kills it, so be it. In the meantime, it's a one-click add to chrome and it has a prettier interface than the standard bookmarks manager. might as well use it.

[fwn → archagon]

I feel that this "it will disappear" notion right behind every Google announcement slowly tends to get some witty meme. We all know every service will end.

[threeseed → fwn]

Really so you expect Google Search or GMail to just wrap up at some point ? Be serious.

It is those services from Google that don't contribute to revenue to be wary of.

[fwn → threeseed]

I'm with you. I should've written: We all know every service will end, therefore this notion is useless.

I doubt that the average google product lifetime undercuts the average overall product lifetime.

[guyzero → archagon]

Pinboard will be there when the Earth falls into the sun, for sure.

[bioinformatics → archagon]

My first thought when I saw the announcement: "When will it be discontinued?"