It&#x27;s easy to sit here and say &quot;open source it!&quot;, but do you realize how much work that could entail?<p>This was most likely written to take advantage of the google ecosystem. Written to work on Google hardware, with a Google database, using Google&#x27;s internal messaging, using Google&#x27;s custom source control, by Google employees, it probably tightly integrates with several proprietary Google services, etc...<p>I&#x27;d be willing to be good money that even if it was open sourced (or sold) it would be almost entirely useless. And that&#x27;s ignoring the fact that open sourcing (or selling) it might not be possible because there is a good chance it can contain trade secrets.<p>I do agree with you that it&#x27;s a problem when users are losing confidence in some products, but personally I feel that it would be better solved with better communication.<p>Get some kind of messaging together that will let users know when their products are &quot;core google&quot; and when they are more &quot;auxiliary&quot;.