The first part is basically saying "Google chose a thing, so chose to market that as a good thing". Isn't that what everyone does? As for whether it mattered,

The first part is basically saying "Google chose a thing, so chose to market that as a good thing". Isn't that what everyone does? As for whether it mattered, honestly, no, i would say didn't. The developers cared whether they could make money, not whether it was open.