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> if one is to believe the reports of their internal politics

I'm not familiar with what you're referring to here. Happen to have a link?

There are probably several, but one of the ones that made the rounds a while ago is "The Man Who Killed Google Search" by Edward Zitron: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

Prabhakar Raghavan got fired (= promoted out of the job) last week.