That's a hypocritical question. Google and co. go running to big daddy if hostile foreign adversaries cause it business or IP problems. Case in point, Google so

That's a hypocritical question. Google and co. go running to big daddy if hostile foreign adversaries cause it business or IP problems. Case in point, Google sought the support of the Obama administration when China attempted to steal it's source code from within Google-China offices. Just as recent as a month ago Tesla Inc. was a big beneficiary of the current administration's attempt to level the tariffs placed on automakers. Company CEOs routinely accompany senators and diplomats on foreign trips to woo foreign governments into favorable business climates for said companies. And, here's a non-exhaustive list of benefits that America has bestowed on Google - 1. Stanford univ (and other world class univs), along with the economic ecosystem around them enabled 2 grad students to even think of forming a company. 2 . The VC ecosystem at that point was the most mature in America/Silicon Valley - they took a risk on two pimpled faced fucks, albeit smart. 3. America provided an economically just, politically stable and equitable environment for a fledgling company to take on established industry giants. In Russia or China, you can be coerced by violence to hand over your work, just ask the founder of Telegram/VKontakt about it. 4. The Islamic world is opposed to VC funding, interest-based banking, women employment, ... due to religious reasons. Google could not have been born there .... After all the ways Google has benefited, to chicken out of a fair deal the gives back to the country it leeched on is stupid. Further - being allowed the freedom to walk away from a government deal without consequence is another luxury Google would not have enjoyed in MOST other countries. Wake up!