You might very well be right and of so these are some good points, but there is a bigger theme here: Many of us who used to defend Google before now don't. So

You might very well be right and of so these are some good points, but there is a bigger theme here: Many of us who used to defend Google before now don't. Some because Reader. Some because the nymwars/Google+ (the single identity part). Some because Google shuttered Google+ after they had made it the only social network some of us ever liked. Some because Google is sucking the oxygen out of markets and then leaving. Some because of how eager they are to obey China. Some because of the James Damore story. Some because search has been more or less broken for a decade and nobody cares. Point is: there is a limit how many times and how badly you can disappoint/hurt users before even the most ardent fans gets tired of it.