Somewhere we are going to get the novel about the quiet hero team anonymously keeping Google voice going all these decades.

contorting to keep it off management's radar, explain away any foibles, redirecting minor funds to get maintenance and tech debt paid off just enough to work another year, someone's going to write that tech story some time.

Even if it's fictional it will be a good read.

It felt like it was slowly withering until they rolled it into their business communications suite a few years ago. Now it is pretty much a proper part of Workspace.