[RobertMiller]

A simple "the law requires us to" somewhere in that quote would have gone a long way to convey displeasure at their arm being twisted. But nothing in that quote suggests any arm twisting, and why should google of all corporations be given the benefit of the doubt? They look like eager and willing collaborators.

[emteycz]

So why they didn't try to require ID for all the previous years until laws required it?

[syshum]

Large Corporations will often have government enact laws they know would be unpopular policies for a variety of reasons... Many times companies will even publicly opposes the very laws they actually support behind the scenes.

Not saying that is the case here, but it pretty common for corporations to use government as their tool

[RobertMiller]

If they want us to believe they're displeased at this requirement, why don't they say so? Google has certainly complained and protested about other laws before.

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