Everything I read in the article made me cringe. It's pretty obvious Google is moving the facebook way. This will evolve into a proprietary messaging system, b

Everything I read in the article made me cringe. It's pretty obvious Google is moving the facebook way. This will evolve into a proprietary messaging system, basic mail gets demoted to a third-class service, and people get locked into yet another non-standard ecosystem controlled by one company. The only difference is that facebook was blatant about it, and google's taking the boiling frog approach.