Nova Wolf

HTC dieing isn't completely Google's falt , the past 4 HTC phones have been racked with issues. 1 HTC U that phone was so bad that mkbhd called it out. 2 HTC U11 it's specks and performance was good especially it's fancy changing colors but jerryrig everything broke it in seconds proving it's poor build quality. 3 HTC U 11+ fantastic phone but was barely marketed and didn't even come to the USA . 4 HTC U12 + it's good but it's sticker buttons can fall off and when they do you can't turn the phone on. Also it's plagued with software issues and the cameras aren't as good as the one plus 6 wich is significantly cheaper.

Shure Google has done damage to HTC.
 But ultimately it's HTC's falt that they are losing money year over year by selling bad phones.