Why? It's one of the best messaging platforms out there. Everyone I know has an email account. It is easier to reach me by gmail (and thus hangouts) than it is

Why? It's one of the best messaging platforms out there. Everyone I know has an email account. It is easier to reach me by gmail (and thus hangouts) than it is to reach me by phone, because my phone has bad service. Why on earth would they kill one of their best and most popular services? I don't use FB messenger at all, whatsapp reveals my phone number, Skype is an ABSOLUTE joke, and not everyone has Line, Viber, Telegram and so on.