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You're right that the issue described in the OP is more specific. However, I believe its a symptom of the larger, underlying problem.

Google shouldn't wield the power to decide which browsers are worthy enough to access the larger internet they have control over. It's antithetical to the open web.

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Google isn't restricting other/embedded browsers from the rest of the internet, Google is restricting them from its own sign-in page.

Google literally has the keys to a kingdom. Should Google's box ever be opened, countries will burn. Let's face it, the definition of a monopoly is insufficient on a global scale.

Merely restricting their own sign-in service impacts over 1.5 billion people. Of course, most are unaffected.

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