Microsoft and Google are at war again

Does anyone seriously use googles commercial products?

probably the folks who don't run office365.

yep, we do

Yes, email, drive, sheets, meet.

Yep. And they work quite well actually.

“War” is a strong word. Russia and Ukraine are at war. Israel and Iran are at war. People are dying.

Microsoft and Google are competing to provide better consumer services.

Business competition is a wonderful thing. War is atrocious.

A metaphor doesn't require two concepts to be similar in all respects, otherwise it would be a synonym.