I don't know, but Google does frequently complain about not being able to find talent. Some of this is through fault of their own, but it is easy to imagine tha

I don't know, but Google does frequently complain about not being able to find talent. Some of this is through fault of their own, but it is easy to imagine that they have not found suitable developers to fill the spot, for whatever reason it may be. They have lots of other business goals for what developers they do have. Putting their people on generics at the cost of some other business function may not be a good choice, even if it is theoretically possible.