[eatsyourtacos]

Yes it is remotely true. Name one thing they have shut off that a large number of people actually used and it was important. We all joke about Google dropping things and yes they have, but saying they can just drop Gmail is.. well, insane.

[negura]

they essentially shut down the old (useful) google search when they prioritized ad-heavy websites in the ranking

[nzeid]

This fixation on "importance" is laughable. It is "insane" to drop Gmail because it makes them a shitload of money. That is how corporations work.

[traderj0e]

The reason people mention importance is because corps like Google don't just care about per-product profitability, they assess how one product affects the rest of their business.