I think it's the other other hand where people just like to complain. This reminds me of faux political controversy that gets created by cable news (replace Fox News with Daring Fireball).

Can you establish that these are the exact same people? It's only hypocrisy if you can establish that. Otherwise you've merely observed in a relatively hostile way that various people have various ideas about "freedom" and that's neither news nor terribly interesting on its own.

Unfortunately it seems to be both. Google could deny carriers licenses for Google apps/market if they choose to load crapware and/or disable tethering but so far they've used that power to go after Skyhook. Maybe they have entirely legitimate reasons for this? It's very difficult to walk the line between open and closed without running into some uncomfortable situations.

In both cases Google appears to be using their influence poorly.