That was kinda my impression. Extended Validation is supposed to be complicated enough that you shouldn't be able to automate it, and Google hates anything that it can't automate.

Fundamentally I believe security doesn't scale, and that something you can automate is inherently inadequate for security. Which is perhaps why I have so many security problems with Google's approach.

This is no different to when Microsoft launched their passport services, MS wanted to develop a global register to verify everyone's identity. It didn't work. The same identity dupe problem highlighted elsewhere re stripe inc registered in Delaware, also exists when it comes to code signing applications on windows.