My guess would be that that is so long ago, most of the people responsible or involved have churned out of Google already. I don't recall that move ever generat

My guess would be that that is so long ago, most of the people responsible or involved have churned out of Google already. I don't recall that move ever generating the kind of outrage that e.g. shutting down Google Reader did. So probably just one more inhabitant of Google's forgotten island of misfit toys.