Do PMs at Google have so much power that they can shut down a product used by billions of people?
They can write the proposals to do so and if it gets picked up by a VP and approved, then they can cite that on their promo.
They’re not shutting down a product, they’re removing old links.
I’m not defending it, just that I can absolutely imagine Google PMs making a chart of “$ saved vs clicks” and everyone slapping each other on the back and saying good job well done.
The product was shut down a long time ago. They're now deleting inactive data of users.