Actually I've done more than my fair share of "homework" so to speak. I'm pretty sure donating free food isn't an ulterior motive meant to support some secret Cabal or Regime it was simply a decision we made to feed hungry people rather than throw it away. Google very much meets with the US government regularly, as does Microsoft and Apple.
All of which have told the US Govt. to stop dictating and leave them alone. Google refused to turn over documents to the NSA even though they maintain their servers. Apple refused to unlock an iPhone for the FBI, and Microsoft? Well, they're Microsoft and they when told by a judge they would be fined in court for stalling the proceedings a whopping 1 million dollars a day, they responded "Respectfully your honor we'll pre-pay for 30 days in advance."
What country do you live in because I'm guessing it's not here in the US. $20 says you're not even running Linux right now while preaching the evils of a company you have never set foot in but run their OS anyway. FYI Steemit is free to use and even pays you too, but I doubt they're also part of some "Great Conspiracy." This Orwellian 1984, Big Brother BS, lets all go be Anarchists and burn all the Evil Corps to the ground BS on here is getting old real fast.
Tell me to go do my homework on a company I have worked with before first hand and on more than one occasion... Please... I did enough homework while getting my college degree.
What's your level of education?
RE: Few good reasons to kick Google out of our lives right now