I suspect Google's real sin is to be seen as competitors by dying old media conglomerates who own much of news for fair use snippets and owning youtube. The NS

I suspect Google's real sin is to be seen as competitors by dying old media conglomerates who own much of news for fair use snippets and owning youtube. The NSA spied on everyone and got practically a yawn. Google as a competitor and suddenly they are the panopticon and receive utter bullshit accusations of "selling your data". Meanwhile ISPs did illegal shit and got retconned protection. The inconsistencies speak volumes even accounting for Zeitgeist of the past.