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> It's relevant because it reflects their priorities and how they view developers.

Yes, that they constantly think about diversity and inclusion. Though, I agree that encouraging workplace / employee activism is a tricky slippery slope. Companies like coinbase and basecamp eschew it, for instance.

Re: a: You gotta start somewhere. Besides, work to add a banner is probably a one-day / one-week low-hanging fruit, whereas i18n is not. In comparing those, you're comparing something that takes months to deride something that probably took hours to build and ship.

Re: b: Not privvy to today's culture at Google, so can't say for sure other than speculate.

Re: c: You view that as a bad thing. Such markers (drastic measures as it may seem to you) is how any of this changes. As a thought-experiment / deriving example from tech: do you oppose DNS encryption (a drastic measure in many a eyes [0]) because it nullifies existing cheaper surveillance apparatus deployed by schools, corps, governments; or do you embrace it and firmly want Browser and OS vendors to push forward with it?

[0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-isp-group-names-mozilla-int...