[SeanDav]

* "Edit: Not entirely sure why I'm being downvoted for this" *

You are implying something negative about Google. There are a lot of Google employees and Google fanboys active on HN that will happily downvote anything negative on Google whether it has merit or not.

That is not to say that everyone who works at Google or who likes Google products cannot accept criticism but a number will downvote you regardless. The same applies to Apple, Microsoft and other cliques. If you make a negative post about them, be prepared for downvotes.

In addition you are not presenting any proof and even though your point may be perfectly valid and correct it does smack of a conspiracy theory which tends to attract downvotes as well. Who knows what the real truth is, just don't use Google products if you are concerned, there are alternatives out there.