Can we be honest here? This isn't (really) Google's fault, because ANY company in the same position would do the same. It's our fault, for letting them.

We could pass a law preventing this nonsense tomorrow, and Google would have no choice in the matter. However, "we the people" don't have strong advocates fighting for us, while Google has both (very strong) legal and political contributions (ie. bribery) teams ensuring that never happens.

The real problem here is that we've ceded our democracy to corporations: blaming Google (or any individual corporation) is missing the real issue.

P.S. But, the good news is ... we can always take our democracy back.