Going hard on stuff that does not matter is the oldest trick in the book.

You make a living in SEO, one way or another. If your product or service is horrible, biased or x, y, z...and I point it out, then I'm really hurting you. But if I ignore that and "slam" you on tangent stuff I give you a pass while trying to be fair: "I am fair, look at this post when I bashed Aaron...for wearing a green sweater in June";)

Google's core business is search and ads. As long as you stay away from the foundation of what holds them he's fine. Danny might even get away with saying that Chrome was slow last night or that Android needs a new upgrade. As you know many businesses depend 100% on being good terms with certain people at Google.

Got an email I can send another blatant example?