You also have to keep in mind the scope and timeline of where these principles apply. I'm sure someone would be able to apply them to their own work most of the

You also have to keep in mind the scope and timeline of where these principles apply. I'm sure someone would be able to apply them to their own work most of the time but if you look at a company as a whole, unless someone at the top is really pushing for global simplicity, things are pretty messy most of the time. I'm just saying this because Google might be doing this in little islands, not as a company strategy. I don't really know and can only guess from the outside.