Google Search is dying. Last night I tried to identify a baby rattlesnake (?) in our living room. On my wife’s phone, many of the pictures were for ratsnakes. Of course, I didn’t notice it while I was waving brooms around, and of course I can’t reproduce the issue while logged out.
YouTube, Android: Fair point, though android is shrinking in developed markets.
Gmail and maps are commodities with minimal network effects and differentiation.
I'd say that when people say Google they mean
search, youtube, android/gmail, maps