I don't know why people get so bent out of shape over what Google does. They'll just cancel it in two years. ;)
In all seriousness, though, I've been on the "screw google" train for a while. Everything good hey do they throw away (Google Code, Google Reader, Google Plus, Google Inbox, Google Wave... pours one out for OT while I work on my CRDTs) while anything they make which originally held merit they just make more awful, year after year. I don't know if they're aware just how unsustainable a business model screwing over their users might be, but I'm guessing they're willing to find out.
In all seriousness, though, I've been on the "screw google" train for a while. Everything good hey do they throw away (Google Code, Google Reader, Google Plus, Google Inbox, Google Wave... pours one out for OT while I work on my CRDTs) while anything they make which originally held merit they just make more awful, year after year. I don't know if they're aware just how unsustainable a business model screwing over their users might be, but I'm guessing they're willing to find out.