I wouldn't know what the early interpretation was - I was there in 2006 as an intern plus 2011-2015 as a full-timer. But the wording is certainly neutral on wh

I wouldn't know what the early interpretation was - I was there in 2006 as an intern plus 2011-2015 as a full-timer. But the wording is certainly neutral on who houses and owns the data. I'm guessing that you're right as to the early interpretation, since that's what makes sense for web search. But other interpretations are the logical thing to think of first for some of their more recent ML-powered assist/suggest products, and the wording of the mission statement leaves product managers and architects/designers free to apply whatever interpretation makes natural sense in context.