Google is not the government. Google is just one company. The way people are talking about this you would legitimately think that Google ran the tubes, or something. They don't.
Google is at least getting a discussion going.
Google is at least getting a discussion going.
Also, they know who you are, Mr. ergo98.
Just as Verizon tells them how they want to do things. As does Microsoft, and Apple, and every other big tech company.
You grossly overstate Google's significance.
The point here is that Google is just another huge, evil(1) company among others like it, and that all its recent talk about openness is just PR-bullshit.
(1) Whatever your definition may be.