Here it's being used like the pejorative for Accountants or "bean counters" insinuating that all an accountant does is count needless things like beans. (Or so

Here it's being used like the pejorative for Accountants or "bean counters" insinuating that all an accountant does is count needless things like beans. (Or so this is the interpretation I've always held). Here I think the op is saying that Google used to be cool. It used to offer a lot of value for free because search was the golden goose that paid for everything. And now, they're seemingly charging for things they don't NEED to but perhaps the MBA grads now in positions of power and shifting the company into monetise-everything mode.