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You may have missed this part: > From there, Google partnered and collaborated with Intel to securely share the vulnerability mitigation information with other

You may have missed this part: > From there, Google partnered and collaborated with Intel to securely share the vulnerability mitigation information with other large industry players to ensure they too could respond and protect all users globally (not only Google users). So while the blog post of course is marketing, Google does not gain any direct competitive advantage from the vulnerability, all the large clouds are more or less on the same starting line.

l33t7332273 3y ago
Well as long as you’re large industry player you’re on the same starting line.
- allset_ 3y ago
  What are you suggesting? They shouldn't secure their services before public disclosure?
  - kortilla 3y ago
    Yes, either everyone is operating on the same playing field or this is a giant “fuck you” to every independent operator designed to pressure consolidation into mega providers.