I've seen a lot of their engineers here on HN defending Google's position, and very few of the anti-Google crowd here claim to be (x)googlers.
That said, I know a number of xooglers (myself included) who don't believe for a moment that this would have gotten off the ground if someone important hadn't opined on the usefulness WRT ad-serving.
Perfect time to read again The Gervais Principle!
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...
Ah yes, "determinedly deluded loyalty to the company that will never be loyal to him".
Do they really? Or are you assuming?
I've seen a lot of their engineers here on HN defending Google's position, and very few of the anti-Google crowd here claim to be (x)googlers.
That said, I know a number of xooglers (myself included) who don't believe for a moment that this would have gotten off the ground if someone important hadn't opined on the usefulness WRT ad-serving.
I have seen engineers defend that position here and on Github, so unless you assume they're lying, I would take them at their word.
Of course not all of them do, Google is a big company.
More like the willfully blind engineers, disingenuously claim to believe that absurd bullshit. There's not a lot genuine left in that company.