Maybe this is true today. But as the grandparent pointed out, Yahoo did release unused usernames back in 2013. Who is to say that Google won't decide to do that

Maybe this is true today. But as the grandparent pointed out, Yahoo did release unused usernames back in 2013. Who is to say that Google won't decide to do that some day? https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/26/yahoo-releases-recycled-usernames-to-those-who-sent-in-requests-lets-you-stalk-your-own-for-1-99/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/26/yahoo-releases-recycled-us...