It's only on topic because you keep changing topics! You've now gone and pretty much ignored every point made and just shifted discussion to something else in pretty much every reply. It's not even the same argument you have made in these replies, as you claim. (Eric is talking about accountability to shareholders, you started by talking about direct benefit to the business. These are incredibly different things)
So while this has been fun, it doesn't seem very useful or constructive.
When you can't counter on facts or logic attack the speaker and impugn their motives.
> You've now gone and pretty much ignored every point made and just shifted discussion to something else
When someone directly refutes you accuse them of trying to change the subject, which is what you are doing.
A direct quote of Google's long time former CEO making the exact same argument I am seems pretty on topic to me.
> Eric is legally wrong about this
Maybe, but Google became a $500B+ company with him thinking and acting this way, so being "wrong" pays well apparently.