This is a repeatable pattern:

  1. A well-known major company sees that people are relying on something broken and it's hindering progress.
  2. The company decides to compete with that thing, but it's not part of their mission, so they make it free.
  3. Because the new thing is free, and run by a major company, lots of people come to depend on it, even though it's intentionally not the best.
  4. Another company builds more competition and works to actually be the best.
  5. The major company sees that their original objective of replacing the bad version is fulfilled, so they sunset the thing.
  6. People who came to depend on the thing feel betrayed.

This is why we should all be cautious about any non-core free service from major companies.