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Re: IFU Press Release - March 26, 2024
'Found this posted online tonight.'
You mean you were busy rustling that up on some Word Processing package and posted it here.
😅😅
Re: Goodbye Ingress forums
Well, if you never respond to posts or interact with the community...it won't work. Not sure why it wasn't someone's first 15-30 minutes of their day to check the forums and actually respond to posts other than a few bug threads.
Re: Goodbye Ingress forums
Uh, Google announced a date and then pushed it up 3 months because of an apparent security risk. A lot was lost, the tool was just anything tied to G+ which wasn't anything readable to display. The tool was actually just an extension of the Google Account Takeout.
Re: Goodbye Ingress forums
Glad you were able to edit. I think dropping the below as a reply to this comment makes sense for the flow of conversation about Thia.
Re: Goodbye Ingress forums
Then I was provided bad intel, sorry folks.
I edited my original post to prevent any more confusion.
Re: Maybe we should let the greatest of games quietly go to another world?
I think people need to accept the beginning of the end has just occurred, with the announcement that the forums are closing down in April.
I really can't see Ingress lasting more than two years at most. I personally think it will bow out at the 13th anniversary, next year.
As I posted on another thread, the game seems to be an increasing 'cheats paradise', and that is partially helping to drive the honest and worthwhile players away.
Make the most of the game whilst you can.
Re: Goodbye Ingress forums
While that's technically true, there was still more than three months' notice on the revised timeline:
2018-10-08: Google announces shutdown for end of August 2019
2018-12-10: Shutdown moves to April 2019; APIs to sunset within 90 days
2019-04-02: Shutdown date arrives
The Takeout data was not perfect by any means, but it does include the (perfectly readable) text of every post and comment I made on Google+. What it doesn't do is preserve that content online for others to see.

