I think the logical outcome is rather than Google avoiding ethically dubious, but highly profitable behavior, they will simply run a tighter ship of classificat

I think the logical outcome is rather than Google avoiding ethically dubious, but highly profitable behavior, they will simply run a tighter ship of classification, isolation, and control. Companies and governments have become pretty decent at fingering over-eager leakers. And that's before you even get into who we're talking about. Google may rival even the NSA at this point in terms of the reach and breadth of their digital surveillance and data collection/categorization capacities, at least in the Western world. They're going to learn from and work against their leaks, not give up their 'ambitions'. Consider the NSA for an example of what's possible. They were doing what Snowden outed for years. And not a peep. Actually that's not true. There were plenty of 'peeps' but they were brutally silenced. See, for instance, Thomas Drake [1]. He tried to obey the law relying on whistleblower laws and an assumption of good will from other government organizations. He got destroyed and lost everything he had, and was unable to effectively get his message out on top of it all. That's another topic though... [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Drake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Drake