Basically the same reason I did it - though in my case I chose manjaro not because I was a coward - it was because arch was broken the week I needed it.
You need to start migrating away from google now.
This has bothered me for a long time and I think I need to read this article a few more times to understand.
Google's been going downhill since they shut down google reader. It's downfall has been accelerating since. Start looking into migrating now.