Google has deleted plenty of projects. Google Reader for one. Community of millions just deleted.

I doubt that google groups would be treated like that, and even if it did, one would probably have plenty of warning, as Google Reader users did. And probably options to save relevant data.

So Google Groups might be an option if we don't self host. But it has all the problems of putting someone else in charge of your group.

On June 20, 2018 1:52:22 PM UTC, "StoneTool owly@ttc-cmc.net [harryproa]" <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:
|Before Yahoo Groups, list servers like E-Groups were about the same as 
|
|you describe.   They built up to critical mass and sold to someone
|else.  I went through several of them with the lists I operate.   If
|stability is what you are looking for, there is Google Groups.......
|Google isn't going to collapse anytime soon.  Every word we write here
|or anywhere else can be found there anyway ;-(
|
|                             H.W.
|
|
|On 06/20/2018 01:42 AM, jrwells2007@googlemail.com [harryproa] wrote:
|>
|> This is a comment about Groups.io from the fboats site - looks good
|> but looks vulnerable at this stage in its development. Maybe picking
|> up enough Yahoo transfers will make it a larger less vulnerable
|company.
|>
|>
|> "*Group.IO **PROS:*
|> I own/moderate several Yahoo groups and I have been testing groups.io
|
|> <http://groups.io/>.  I built a small test group recently.  I bought
|a
|> paid subscription to get a small gtroup which is presently waiting in
|
|> the queue for transfer, in order to test the process. I also have
|been
|> running a free a forum and I am testing the backup/export
|capabilities.
|>
|> Based on my testing, I can confirm that *GROUPS.IO
|<http://groups.io/>
|> *can accomodate  files and photos, both inline and as attachments. 
|> All can be backed-up in their native file formats.  Messages can be
|> archived in mbox format.
|>
|> So far, I like what's been happening but I am still waiting for the
|> transfer of the one group, so the jury is still out.
|>
|> *Group.IO CONS*
|> Groups.io is a one man show, literally.  The support community
|> consists of one company owner and two volunteers.   While I have
|found
|> the support team to be very responsive, and the product robust, the
|> risk of them going offline is great. There is not a stand-alone
|> version of the software. "
|>
|>