Everyone believed an obvious Gmail hoax because Google can't stop killing products

This week, the rumor was Google would shut down Gmail on August 1, 2024. It's a baseless hoax that doesn't make any sense — after all, Gmail is the cornerstone of Google's Workspace platform and its account management system. The fact that many people fell for the fake shutdown notice that circulated on X paints a grim picture for Google, though. With the company shutting down or rebranding project after project over the last few years, many people no longer find it implausible that Google could kill a service as essential as Gmail. That's a big problem for the company.