I don't see an endgame that wouldn't have resulted in outrage. I doubt Google would be committed to keeping both Gmail and Inbox around forever. Either Gmail

I don't see an endgame that wouldn't have resulted in outrage. I doubt Google would be committed to keeping both Gmail and Inbox around forever. Either Gmail would be merged into Inbox, or Inbox features would be merged into Gmail. Both of those choices would outrage a large group of users. Frankly it seems that getting rid of Inbox involves pissing off far fewer people than getting rid of Gmail.