The issue at hand isn't the purpose, it never was. It is how it limits the purpose of the user, even after Google benefited greatly from said users (everyone wh

The issue at hand isn't the purpose, it never was. It is how it limits the purpose of the user, even after Google benefited greatly from said users (everyone who uses open source software contributes to it, small or large; using, coding, documenting etc). "Hi! Mind helping us for a bit? Thanks for helping us. Now, how about you stop doing that stuff that is useful to you and start doing some stuff that is useful to us?" Not a very good narrative.