Hum I see Google not making a big fuzz about it now, but saying that Google is obfuscating the announcement and the it destroys trust and all that is a false assumption until it actually happens.
I'd expect email notifications and notifications inside the app to let me know the feature is being removed and how to move my data some time before the actual feature removal happens. I can't say Google has burned me until they do actually not inform me and 'destroy' my data. I think it's too early to say "Geez Google you're evil now!", and for the most part, this could be a small "Hey FYI, we're removing those features... we might not even be sure about it so we're not doing a big deal out of it yet."
If this article was written 2 weeks before data was removed I'd understand, but as it is it comes out somewhat sensationalistic.
I'd expect email notifications and notifications inside the app to let me know the feature is being removed and how to move my data some time before the actual feature removal happens. I can't say Google has burned me until they do actually not inform me and 'destroy' my data. I think it's too early to say "Geez Google you're evil now!", and for the most part, this could be a small "Hey FYI, we're removing those features... we might not even be sure about it so we're not doing a big deal out of it yet."
If this article was written 2 weeks before data was removed I'd understand, but as it is it comes out somewhat sensationalistic.