[ExtremePopcorn]

disclaimer: employee

"Google is pretty bad at creating products so no one is willing to pay for them"

doesn't track when facebook switched to gmail after giving up on microsoft exchange.

edit: also I work in ads, but won't bother responding to the "google just wants to manipulate dumb people" point. if you're starting from the assumption of malice I don't think the discussion would lead anywhere. and probably don't want to say more anyway, will delegate that to PR.