They don't lose anything…but they don't gain anything either.

And yes, I know they may gain goodwill from the tech community but that is not a revenue line item in their P&L so as far as google is concerned it is nothing.

There is an old saying in business: What can be measured, matters. and since goodwill from the tech community cannot be measured in dollars, it does not matter to google or factor into their decision making in any way.