More like, they're just wanting to make sure they're legally covered. There is no added benefit for the company in making that experience better.
Source: working on a product engineering team for a larger company. Why would we upheave our roadmap for something that doesn't help provide explicit value to our product offerings? We've got a list a mile long of improvements and new capabilities to deliver on, and no engineer likes working through legal hoops anyways.
I don't see how your statement contradicts your parent comment's. Looks like Google just did the bare minimum to cover themselves legally (as you said). But that shouldn't mean that they can't make the experience better.
As for no engineer liking working through legal hoops, my observations disagree. Many absolutely don't care. Give them a well-described Jira ticket and they'll happily chip away at it for a year if it's necessary.
All that engineering talent and that's the best solution? Lol.