My point was that this "more even than it did for the outside world" seemed to downplay how strongly this view of Google from the "outside world" is held.

I just found it amusing that people at Google would assume even my first comment was indicative of being at Google, much less my second comment, rather than being a totally normal thing for someone outside Google to think.

I'm not surprised to hear that this hold inside Google as well. You just don't need any inside knowledge of Google to hold this view.