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Their attorneys probably cost at least 1000 an hour. Would be cheaper to release the data than to fight this.

You know what happens if you give up your lunch money to a bully once?

Maybe better in the long run to not be seen as an easy mark, even if it causes some short term pain.

Are you really trying to imply that poor little Google is being bullied here?

No, I'm suggesting perhaps Google's attorneys understand the general principal of the undesirability of apparent weakness while being cash rich.