Absolutely! I was reading the comments on the original post and saw a number of people upset by this change which is what prompted me to write my comment here.

Absolutely! I was reading the comments on the original post and saw a number of people upset by this change which is what prompted me to write my comment here. I assumed (maybe wrongly as of this writing) that a lot of people would be upset and there'd be a backlash like there usually is anytime anything changes ever. Looks like I was wrong in that assumption so far but still, you're right. I'm betting usage decreased to the point where the button was useless and instead of changing the classic Google homepage they just gave it an interesting new purpose. I love that idea.