>> "Gmail is objectively an amazing email app on both desktop browser and mobile."
I was Mac Mail and Mail on iPhone with 2 Gmail accounts and 1 Exchange/Office365 account. Works great and much better than having to switch between accounts in a browser. I've also always found the Gmail app on iOS awful to use (Inbox is quite good though).
>> No search engine can come close to Google.
DuckDuckGo comes very close in my opinion.
>> Lots of great apps like Google Docs, Calendar, and Translate exist to make your life easier for free.
My Mac/iPhone also come with a free calendar that's much nicer to use. I pay for Word rather than use Google Docs as I find it much nicer to use a desktop app than a web app.
Also - they don't exist to make our lives easier. They exist to collect our information and make Google more money.
>> Google Maps is kinda annoying
Agreed. UI has got worse of the years. I use Citymapper multiple times per day along with Apple Maps occasionally.
I still use Google services regularly but they certainly aren't the best at almost anything apart from search. They often come out on top because short term, they are free to the user. Long term maybe not so much.