Because iOS first makes sense from a financial standpoint. Android first just spites iOS at the overall expense of Google. The Maps API thing was just an exampl

Because iOS first makes sense from a financial standpoint. Android first just spites iOS at the overall expense of Google. The Maps API thing was just an example of how they pushed it too far. My point being, it's fun to go Ha! at the "other side" and all but let's not lose sight of the bigger picture. iOS users have had plenty of reason to be smug because they made companies more money than Android, and that includes Google. It's easy to look at this and other Google apps and assume that it's the Android user's turn to be smug and the tables are turning, but I would very much argue that they are not. I guess what I'm saying is, I wouldn't bother reading too much into this. The status quo in mobile is that way for a reason and that reason hasn't changed: money I'm additionally arguing why this is a dumb decision, because I want to and not because its actually related to the parent comment. As for your edit, I personally hold translate pretty close to search. If I'm bothering to translate something, it's usually something I want to search or just searched up. This feature won't by itself, my point is just that Google should be careful when choosing to widen the gap because it could eventually build up and bite them in the ass like it did with Maps.