It is not only Google. There seems to be a trend in GUI/UI/UX (whathever it is called today) design to annoy the user until he consents.
Greasemonkey and ublock have joined the chat (if you're using a real computer).
do you know thet firefox for android has extensions, including uBlock Origin, cookie autodelete, tampermonkey (these are only those that I use) ?
If a human does that to another human is it a form of harassment? When software does that is that the same?
Looks like they measure usability of features: the more often a feature is used, the more useful it is. Coincidentally the more they nag the user about a feature, the more often the feature is used, i.e. the feature becomes more useful. Welcome to attention economy.