[permo-w]

call me cynical but I strongly suspect that rather than behaving honourably, or even thinking of future customer behaviour, Google are trying to evade a class-action lawsuit

the reason that this time they’ve seemingly turned a new leaf is that this time hardware is involved. once something is in someone’s hands and they actually own it, rather than a legally slippery software license or user agreement, you’re looking at something that can be very easily explained to a judge or jury