There's no doubt that this is a politically motivated case. As many people pointed out, these are the same states that tried to overturn election results. There

There's no doubt that this is a politically motivated case. As many people pointed out, these are the same states that tried to overturn election results. There's no way this is a coincidence. After all, Google is a powerful anti-conservative force. That said, a large (if not the majority) fraction of liberal folk also strongly dislike Google. So there's a good chance for a bi-partisan effort to dislodge Google from its place of power. The real question is how did a heavily liberal institution get so much hatred from the liberal side of the political divide. This especially stands out during these times of extreme polarization, when the principle "an enemy's enemy is one's friend" is very popular. I suspect the root cause is that Google is torn apart between its liberal beliefs due to its connections to the Silicon Valley, and its conservative tendencies as a for-profit corporation. This conflict causes an enormous amount of internal and external damage. On top of that, Google (and other big tech) became so powerful that it's in the cross-hairs of many politicians and activists. This makes it much more difficult to maneuver in the political world. It would be interesting to see whether and how Google executives will attempt to solve these problems.