Complaining in social media, bugging people you know inside the walls and calling them out here works

The fact that you haven't found a good way to get Google to fix things for you isn't an excuse to just charge forward with the best way that you have found.

Suppose you're stuck in traffic. The most effective way to move forward might really be to just lay on your horn. The people in front of you will probably eventually yield (most just eager to put distance between themselves & you, others generously assuming that you have some kind of emergency). That doesn't make it okay for you to do that.

The second time you had the wrong attitude is when you demanded that people teach you a better way. Maybe somebody on HN will generously extend that favor to you, but if they do then realize that they've done you a favor -- they didn't owe it to you.