Gmail is the world’s most popular email service, with more than 1.5bn active users worldwide, In 2023 alone, Google killed its Stadia gaming service, its Snapchat-like YouTube Stories feature, and it began closing old and inactive Gmail accounts. It has has announced plans to close Google Podcasts, though this functionality has effectively been supplanted by YouTube Music, which it also owns. Google has had to publicly state Gmail is “here to stay” after a hoax claiming it was shutting down spread widely on social media. What is your take if Gmail was to shut down ?

