[eeixlk]

There is no billing / login / ecosystem convenience advantage to using google for any service, because once that service is killed off it is no longer convenient.

They decided not to end service and allow you to migrate to your provider of choice, but to sell your account to another provider. Meaning your account was not valuable enough to continue service, but was valuable enough to sell to a third party.

They started this whole process by aggressively buying the .dev TLD domains and forcing TLS, breaking tooling that used that domain for development (even if that wasn't a great idea).

All for what? Too much ad money and no vision.

[CydeWeys]

Fwiw you're confusing Google Domains and Google Registry. Two completely different teams and products.