Perhaps Google is less transparent than it once was, but once again it seems like people are lamenting the passing of a Google culture that never really existed

Perhaps Google is less transparent than it once was, but once again it seems like people are lamenting the passing of a Google culture that never really existed. Parts of Google's monorepo were restricted to specific owning teams over a decade ago, and sending email to an executive would get you a talking-to from your manager if they didn't like the tone of it.