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The thing is, the conclusion is not going to be in any discussion outside of a Google internal chat or meeting. We know what happened, we don't know why it happened, or what it means.
Maybe a gorilla in the woods found a Google employees laptop and implemented the change. We will never know unless we go into the jungle.
...wat
The thing is, you asked what made them think that, and I told you it was already answered. 👍🦋
But I guess you were asking a rhetorical question all along? 🙂
And then I told you that it wasn't answered. No, it was clearly not rhetorical.
Huh, weird.