If that was "Our users do not feel the need for Gmail so much as to make it profitable, we are pursuing other options, hence our GMail servers will be closed do

If that was "Our users do not feel the need for Gmail so much as to make it profitable, we are pursuing other options, hence our GMail servers will be closed down in 3 months' time. You can continue communicating using Google+." I'd say yeah, they are losing some real-world perspective.