Google is smart enough to not make things that obvious, but let's not get fooled.. the point is that if API changes would negatively impact Google products fina

Google is smart enough to not make things that obvious, but let's not get fooled.. the point is that if API changes would negatively impact Google products financially, they'd not go through. But if they impact a competitor, it's not an issue. Locked down API means Google can innovate (because they can change the API), but you can't.