Compiled at build time
The arithmetic of loss
Numbers never wrote the eulogies, but they did help identify repeat offenders.
Cause of death
How they went out
Shutdown
60
Acquired
2
Paywalled
11
Deprecated
144
Rate limited
2
Deaths per year
When the ground moved most
2008
0
2009
0
2010
0
2011
12
2012
3
2013
2
2014
0
2015
8
2016
6
2017
1
2018
0
2019
10
2020
12
2021
13
2022
29
2023
26
2024
26
2025
60
2026
11
Category breakdown
Where the bodies clustered
Hosting
2Database
3Auth
11Storage
3Social
14Maps
1Payment
3Messaging
9Analytics
8Translation
4Search
10Media
5Monitoring
4Other
137Hall of shame
Top five killers
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1
Shopify
76 total kills:
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2
Google
47 total kills:
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3
Salesforce
25 total kills:
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4
Meta
7 total kills:
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5
GitHub
5 total kills:
Most mourned
Entries with the longest alternatives lists
Admin Audit API
3 alternatives listed
Apple App Store Connect XML API (Game Center)
3 alternatives listed
Apple App Store Connect XML API (In-App Purchases)
3 alternatives listed
Apple UIApplicationDelegate Protocol
3 alternatives listed
Apple UIRequiresFullScreen Key
3 alternatives listed