I was, in fact, aware of this! I just don't buy that Google would render this meaningless, and not even via /killedbygoogle. iPhones famously have this problem where they start to slow down whenever Apple decides it's time for you to buy a new device. I have no doubt that Google would cut engineering corners or employ every incrementalist trick in the book to still get the revenue of planned obsolescence while touting how sustainable the company is.