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I'm not sure the Nokia analogy applies here. Nokia faltered because others came along and made better phones, where most of the 'better' was because of the app ecosystem of the underlying OS -- but still, they were beaten at their own game, and they only made phones. If you didn't buy a Nokia phone, Nokia was out of your life for good.

Google makes many different kinds of things, making it less likely that Google will be thoroughly replaced in people's lives.