I think you're putting words in my pen when you describe my comment as defending Google. The article describes Google's behaviour. My comment describes a mpotivation for that behaviour. If you tilt your head sideways, you will see that my comment is helping to build a case against them, not a defence of them.

For an analogy, consider a murder trial. Someone stands up and says, "The accused stands to profit from the victim's death." Isn't that suggestion more likely to come from the prosecution than from the defense?