Somehow I'll miss you Google. I'll miss the simpler times. You were a fine search engine and gmail was pretty great too, at the time. I was really excited to get an invite. Good memories. We'll always remember you. Well.. not always, but for some time to come. Rest in peace.
I agreee, its sad, the old google is gone and will also never return. But the decline began already a decade ago.
It became an ad-driven corporate behemoth, so any innovation coming out of it will be related to these factors.