You are probably right but there's a certain enjoyable irony to Google getting dinged for this being they, more than anyone else, are responsible for devaluing

You are probably right but there's a certain enjoyable irony to Google getting dinged for this being they, more than anyone else, are responsible for devaluing the word "Beta" Hopefully incidents like this will make them realize the word had an important use after all and that maybe it isn't the best idea to tag every product with it for a virtually indefinite period of time.