Comment by eitland

IIRC it's not that long ago that trying to criticize Google here on HN was an exercise in futility.

I won't say that the current situation is perfect but I can see why. In my view Google had earned the current criticism by hard work:

- mismanagement of services people loved to the point were Google always running 3 different more or less incompatible message services, while closing services east and west has become a meme,

- shoving other ideas down people's throats (hi identity and real name part of Google+)

- etc