Google literally killed Linux on consumer devices. They, on purpose, made every single produced phone non-compatible with Linux and made them Android-only to prevent any competition.

Now Purism has to reinvent a phone from scratch with automobile spare part (I.MX processors) and Pine64 have no choice but to use old & crappy SOCs.

THAT is the impact Google has on FOSS.

Surely that specific contribution is welcomed, but overall I don't think those company ever deserve any "thanks" from anyone given the harm they are doing to FLOSS, Competition, Privacy, Standards, and Society in general.