A clue was Alphabet changing the motto from "Don't be evil" to "Do the right thing", in 2015. Easier to convince about the former than the latter when your tech becomes so pervasive.https://twitter.com/dhh/status/971126808891424768 …
To give some perspective on how pervasive tech isn't trivial to control, do we accuse Microsoft or the Linux Foundation of the same as army systems and gear run Windows or Linux flavors?