this is being intentionally obtuse. Hire shutting down got 200 points 7 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20815293, also see: Hangouts, Google+, Nest, Code Search, Site Search.....

it's not about "moving fast" at all. it's about google killing anything that doesn't make millions as opposed to just thousands (enough for basic maintenance). I never said anything about timeframe.