I always thought there were two ways to interpret that, and I was never sure which one was correct. One is that the hack made Google realize it was not a good,

I always thought there were two ways to interpret that, and I was never sure which one was correct. One is that the hack made Google realize it was not a good, stable place to do business, and the other reasons were just a good PR side effect. The other is that the hack gave Google occasion to reevaluate, and they realized being involved in that kind of censorship didn't sit right with them. I suppose it could also be some of both.