>What's the point of mentioning a fictional compression startup as a comment on the algorithm made by Google?

A joke, or a pop culture reference. Stating a shared experience that others may also gleam some enjoyment out of, or to create the illusion of a shared community/experience to help maintain the illusion that we are not just meaningless souls adrift in an indifferent, eternal void, who's incomprehensible size only re-enforces the meaninglessness of our existence.

But like I said. A joke.