"None of those products are Google's core competency." - I agree but so is the product we are discussing. (+) The probability of this shutting down given the

"None of those products are Google's core competency." - I agree but so is the product we are discussing. (+) The probability of this shutting down given the history of Google shutting down non-core products before. (+) The lack of customer support if something were to go wrong. (=s) (understandably) The lack of interest and skepticism shown by grandparent poster. However, other companies, namely Microsoft and Yahoo might only have to deal with one or two of the above and can be said to be given a free pass at skepticism.