Agreed. Here is the previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18678929

I saw the headline, and my first reaction was "Google What?"

I'd never heard of this thing. Maybe it was news to the submitter as well.

Statistically speaking, if this post was made 6-12 months in the future, the discussion here would likely be lamentations regarding yet another product Google decided to kill.

Consider this your warning.