I have a similar sentiment, but it's hard for me to put a finger on it. There is so many things happening over years. I'm wonder how much of this shift in Google could be attributed to Sundar Pichai and how much to just normal process of becoming soulless corporation.
Only founder CEOs really have the luxury of putting values over profits, and that’s because they can’t really be fired. Once they put someone else in charge, that is over, though it doesn’t become clear until much later.
Maybe they just have worse PR?