[nkozyra]

I don't necessarily disagree, but structurally these moves can be very impactful, particularly in a huge company as sprawling and with as much overlap as Google.

If there's a lot of redundant work being done, maybe the teams will benefit from working together on the same problems.

You're right that most of us don't care, necessarily, but I think it sends some signals that the company is attempting to focus a bunch of less focused lasers at the same point.

It's less common in tech companies than in massive multinationals like GE or Sony that span a lot of different industries.