Ask HN: Opinions on Google's alternate stock vesting schedule?

I just learnt about Google's alternate stock vesting schedule where the first 40% of GSU vests in the 1st year [1]. My first reaction was of puzzlement. Thinking further, I thought this was a brilliant idea to continue having competitive offers. In my (limited) past experience, I've found Google offers to be slightly under compared to similar companies in the Bay Area.

I was wondering what the HN community thinks of this move from Google. How (un)friendly is it to potential employees? What kind of cascading effect would it have on compensation?

[1] https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/#:~:text=Alternatively%2C%20Google%20also%20has%20the,GSU%20(Google%20Stock%20Unit).