As a product decision taken independently, maybe. Running one of those things at scale with all kinds of people trying to subvert it for various reasons, including some downright evil ones, is not an easy task.
Announced together with everything else and given the timing, I just can't help but think there's a political component to all of it.
Announced together with everything else and given the timing, I just can't help but think there's a political component to all of it.