> Strategically speaking, Google can’t kill GCP. Unlike Stadia, or Reader, or any of the n messaging apps they’ve developed, GCP is widely popular.

It’s a distant #3, likely to become #4 if Alibaba can find another 1-2% share somewhere. I would not make any assumptions about Google killing an unprofitable unit or, more likely, selling or back-burnering it to focus on maximizing profit at the expense of future growth.