[dredmorbius]

I have no insight on Google's practices or reasoning. But Goodreads is now widely considered a failed service:

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36575003>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36533153>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37334805>

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36252791>