I'm always looking for evidence of planned obsolescense [1] but I didn't realize how effectively it has been implemented by "Big Pantyhose" and that move to buy out and phase out a superior product - deviously brilliant!
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3aicvf/what_vill...
I'm with you that I'd like some better question answering service, but I don't think it's fair to blame Google for not trying ...