The IP shackles are worse, for sure, but as a single datapoint, I started a job at G a few months ago and I've very sincerely never been happier. I wouldn't say

The IP shackles are worse, for sure, but as a single datapoint, I started a job at G a few months ago and I've very sincerely never been happier. I wouldn't say the work is profoundly more interesting than the work I was doing at other startups, but as an iOS developer, time in Xcode is time in Xcode, and thus far I don't see myself getting bored.