Apparently they reversed their decision again, which kind of underlines what I said :)

No one said MS developed new services for years and years and years; they said they supported existing offerings for a long time, which they do.

https://hackernoon.com/microsoft-announces-the-end-of-the-ge...

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/14944

If you still don't believe me, please provide your public key or email address so I can publish a response.

Maybe it doesn't stand out: Microsoft Germany delivered the promise that US authorities are technically unable to access stored data. The "new" data centers were without that promise, making the USP obsolete.

> Existing customers can continue to use the current cloud services available today.

> Existing customers are not affected by this and can continue to use the Germany cloud without restriction.

You don't see any Windows Phones being sold, but they still years later being supported with security updates.

No one can possibly fault a business for stopping continuing development of an unpopular offering. It's when it becomes unsupported and leaves people stranded that the the real problems happen.