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Thanks for making this. However, I've been burned by some other services like this shutting down. This looks like IFTTT for devs, and my only concern is about you shutting down.

DanFeldman | karma 644 | avg karma 3.68 · | 2016-02-11 23:10:06

This is by far the best shutdown of a service I've seen in recent memory. (Though they're still getting a post on 'Our Incredible Journey'[0])

[0]http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/

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drakonandor | karma 135 | avg karma 0.96 · | 2017-03-30 23:26:25+00:00

Someone has as they did close down the app at some point a few years ago.

randomsofr | karma 122 | avg karma 1.54 · | 2016-12-02 00:01:43+00:00

> we’ll be shutting down our apps

so sad, they seem so useful.

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chipperyman573 | karma 2913 | avg karma 3.17 · | 2016-03-31 22:40:27+00:00

Which is why it's being shut down

ampdepolymerase | karma 1529 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2020-09-03 15:05:40

They shut down. Here's the founder: https://twitter.com/robtaylor78

devilzhong | karma 11 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2023-04-02 12:58:50

OP here: I've taken down the service permanently. Cheers.

hooch | karma 141 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2023-03-07 16:45:49

It shut down https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10870796

arayh | karma 1138 | avg karma 4.93 · | 2018-09-24 16:31:40+00:00

Yup, it's shutting down March 2019. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17996144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17971804

dharmab | karma 7276 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2021-02-01 20:22:41+00:00

The service isn't shutting down; they're closing their internal game dev studio that never released a game.

You might get a kick out of https://killedbygoogle.com/

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