I have never really used Apple or Facebook much, dropped Microsoft years ago, loss of support for my Kindle would be at most a minor inconvenience but Google? C

I have never really used Apple or Facebook much, dropped Microsoft years ago, loss of support for my Kindle would be at most a minor inconvenience but Google? Crippling. I use G Suite both privately and at work, basically run my life via Calendar/Maps/Keep, and get a nervous twitch in my left eye just at the thought of what a massive hassle it would be to first switch, and very likely second -- maintain the alternative. That's even before I consider that there would be no Google to turn to when configuring that alternative, that my phone would essentially become a Nokia E52 with a larger screen (no Google Apps, no Uber without Google Maps, not even the local bus/directions app would work, not sure about Signal), and I that would need to dig up a ton of data from a cold, cold storage. On a lighter note, NYT is now writing HN-tailored clickbait. We captured the zeitgeist.