> To "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" They still do a few things like that, very occasionally. When they got r

> To "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" They still do a few things like that, very occasionally. When they got rid of Freebase (notice a pattern?) they did preserve that data and it was used to seed Wikidata, which now in turn feeds their "SERP boxes". But I absolutely agree that there's zero focus otherwise on that core enabler of their business-- they're just coasting on their earlier (very substantial) efforts, and managing to stay afloat somehow.