‘The impact to thousands of companies across industries will be huge’: Google Earth Pro for desktop is being discontinued, and some users are furious
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Killing Google Earth Pro desktop and pushing users to web/mobile is another reminder that critical workflows built on free, legacy clients are brittle. If your ops, planning, or GIS work depends on a vendor’s desktop app, you need a migration plan and data export path before the next deprecation email lands.
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