Technology people may not like Google's recent work (me included), but two things must be kept in mind: 1. techies are the minority 2. Google is said to split

Technology people may not like Google's recent work (me included), but two things must be kept in mind: 1. techies are the minority 2. Google is said to split test heavily, maybe even pathologically So if a new feature stays it's probably because non-technical people liked it and Google is probably doing the right thing from a business perspective.