I think you underestimate how deep-seated the view of Google as liable to end-of-life any product at any time is for the outside world. I don't adopt any new Google products any more, because I have no reason to trust that it will stay around.

I think you didn't read what I wrote and are mistaking me for some sort of advocate for you adopting Google's products?

I didn't mistake you for that at all. I didn't give any thought at all to that, in fact.

My point was that this "more even than it did for the outside world" seemed to downplay how strongly this view of Google from the "outside world" is held.

I just found it amusing that people at Google would assume even my first comment was indicative of being at Google, much less my second comment, rather than being a totally normal thing for someone outside Google to think.

I'm not surprised to hear that this hold inside Google as well. You just don't need any inside knowledge of Google to hold this view.

Can confirm this internal joke/complaint. In hindsight, hearing it my first week or so should have been a strong red flag toward future frustrations, and the current state of some products.