"Google doesn't want to be a commodity. Hangouts is their secret sauce. What do they gain by being open?" The support of many geeks worldwide (and subsequently

"Google doesn't want to be a commodity. Hangouts is their secret sauce. What do they gain by being open?" The support of many geeks worldwide (and subsequently their friends and customers), just as it happened until recently when their "do no evil" transformed in "screw you". Google (gmail, gtalk etc) would have never risen to this level of popularity without them.