Fastly's acquisition of Glitch three years ago marked a pivotal point, but now the company is terminating its app hosting platform, effective July 8. Users will still have access to their dashboards until 2025 to facilitate backup and migration efforts. CEO Anil Dash highlighted the increasing difficulty in maintaining the service, exacerbated by the platform's legacy architecture and misuse by bad actors. This news coincides with Mozilla's shutdown of Pocket, signaling broader trends in tech consolidation and user service evolution.
Glitch's decision to shut down its app hosting platform highlights the challenges older technologies face against more modern competitors, creating unexpected stress for users.
CEO Anil Dash acknowledged the situation as bittersweet, apologizing for the stress the unexpected migration of apps could cause to users not preparing for this change.
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