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To replace Pichai the two largest Google shareholders would have to give a shit about the direction of the company. But they've been absent for longer than Pichai has been CEO.

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Yes. Normally people are too quick to attribute power and fault to individuals, or so everyone says, but here's a case where two individuals really seem to have something close to full power and ability to fix at least the more obvious and readily fixable problems—they simply choose not to—and yet people usually diffuse the blame among "Google" or "the incentives".

One of those individuals also solicited sexual favors from his subordinates in the Google offices during work hours [1].

I don't know if we should put them on a pedastal.

[1]: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees...

> and yet people usually diffuse the blame among "Google" or "the incentives".

People are not wrong to do so. Those two are not causing the problems. They can carry some blame for inaction, sure, but not that much of the blame.

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