I'm pretty sure employees will not be cut off from the external web altogether. They can use it at home, they can use it on their phone while at work, they're not living like digital hermits. So how happiness plays into this decision is not clear to me.

They're probably allowed to use separate devices (i.e. sans corporate credentials) to access the outside web when they need to look up specs, SO questions, etc. This is just about air gapping critical systems.

I really have no idea why this is even a news item worth reporting, and jumping at the opportunity to criticize Google for this is a bit of a knee jerk HN reaction imo.