So you can tell them in person that you don't live in the same country or work in even vaguely the same area rather than ignoring them as you do now?

As opposed to using the superior Hangouts product? That's gonna suck.

To make that happen they'll have to put up even more barriers to messaging people out-of-band. Much like Upwork/etc.

You can do this... today! Without spending $26bn.