Google is only now starting to think about approaching the level of maliciousness Microsoft achieved at their zenith. And yes, people are starting to boycott Google because of it. They should.
But boycotting things specifically because Google keeps shutting down projects is not the same thing. Boycotting for that reason is because Google now has a reputation of being quitters, and betting on quitters is just dumb.
Turns out pandering to the whims of developers is a really popular strategy. In the long run though, it's a bad habit you have to break, but it feels good while someone lets you do it.
As I said in another thread this week, you have to throw developers a bone once in a while to keep us happy and comfortable. But Google throws whole cows at people, which teaches people to be butterflies. I'll be interested to see if Xooglers ever connect the dots and start talking about the downsides of getting to work on whatever you want only for as long as you want to do it.
Comparing the outright malicious, evil, anticompetitive actions of Microsoft at their zenith to Google simply canceling services stupidly and prematurely makes me wonder how Hanlon's Razor applies to you.
Are you the type of person that still refuses to use Google services because they cancelled Google Reader over a decade ago?
And just like I had to learn to adapt and change my behavior after failure, so did MS when it lost out in mobile and was sued.