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Google is a corporation responsible for thousands people job (so your analogy is irrelevant) that complies with the European Union laws. If Google does things under the hood, it will be noticed, and it will be exposed to a potential 4% fine of global revenue.

By the law, opt-out is the default.

They are proposing an industrialized solution for new and old businesses to transition to EU regulations more easily. Trust Google or not, but in the meantime, they are proposing new services to answer businesses and legals needs.




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