> If you viewed it in reverse-chronological order, it actually looks like progress.

You are far from alone: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-...

> … they're already in the sewer. Sadly they still don’t know it on this front https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/after-ruining-androi...

Though at least on the payments front they are attempting to acknowledge reality instead of passing blame?https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-pay-hopes-to-...