Google does not have incentive to fix this, because they can simply not fix it, and get along just fine.
That's the point.
It doesn't have to be conscious dereliction, it can just be 'big, dumb bureaucracy'. Interestingly, operational ineffectiveness can happen within well run organizations, particularly if there's no poignant reasons to change.
These kinds of things tend to happen when one part of the organization is mining Oil or Gold and throwing vast surpluses around the rest of the camp.
You have $100 Billion dollars to fix the problem - a hoard of the best and most highly paid talent on planet earth.
That's the point.
It doesn't have to be conscious dereliction, it can just be 'big, dumb bureaucracy'. Interestingly, operational ineffectiveness can happen within well run organizations, particularly if there's no poignant reasons to change.
These kinds of things tend to happen when one part of the organization is mining Oil or Gold and throwing vast surpluses around the rest of the camp.
You have $100 Billion dollars to fix the problem - a hoard of the best and most highly paid talent on planet earth.
So fix it.