Keep google search and YouTube running, don’t fuck up chrome too much - everything else is basically unimportant.
Android is like Chrome — a vehicle for their apps and services that carry ads.
GCP — I have no data on it but the places I have worked at, relevant people scoff even at the mention of GCP.
Perhaps true in the past, but these days have long since come and gone. As long ago as a decade, Here Maps on Nokia Windows Phones was better. These days, Apple Maps and Google Maps are pretty solid competitors, but I prefer Apple Maps whilst driving, because it gives more detailed directions (lane warnings come earlier, verbal directions often include details such as "go past the next light, then use the left lane to turn left").
For certain areas, Google Maps is, itself, a second-rate alternative to the best option, too. For instance, in London, Citymapper is worlds better than Google Maps for navigating without a car.
People say the same thing about Microsoft with their generic "reinstall the OS" solution for small userbases - once you get past a certain size you get decent support with an account rep, SLA on support tickets, etc.
I was thinking about bureaucracy today and how the word is often maligned but the processes can actually be helpful or harmful, depending on how the humans involve implement it. Anyway, I’m curious on your perspective about the effectiveness and purposes of the internal processes you saw.