This article from August 2021 on Arstechnica, titled “A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps” still seems relevant. [1] Googl

This article from August 2021 on Arstechnica, titled “A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps” still seems relevant. [1] Google doesn’t seem to have any control over or change in its internal politics and “promotion led new projects” culture (which later get replaced by the same tricks they employed). If you were to ask someone, even people in Google, which app is Google’s official messaging app, they’d have a tough time figuring it out. It changes by seasons. [1]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-of-instability-the-history-of-google-messaging-apps/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-...