Google engineers or Google managers/business units? I don't think regular engineers have the voice to drive these kind of things. Sure, engineers are the ones implementing it, but at the end of the day it needs the approval of management.
That's cheap argument to try to remove responsibility. Everyone who is part of this is responsible because they have a choice. It's like saying nuclear scientists is not responsible for making bombs that kills so many people, govt is responsible only who makes those decisions.
