I don't believe in the rights of private companies to do just anything they want to workers. Most people don't - look at the popularity of indoor smoking bans. Most also agree a private business shouldn't be allowed to deny employment or service based on race. There are many, many such examples.

Are you really claiming an indoor smoking ban is a counter example to a vaccine mandiate? That's some interesting logic.

It was a counter to the argument of corporate autonomy. The "counter example" you talk about is about the power of government.

Isn't this the same argument as "The government is not allowed to censor free speech – but nothing stops it from colluding with / coercing private companies to do its dirty job"?

It is puzzling that such "bypass of privacy / speech rights" was ferociously resisted by the some of same people who now applaud the "bypass of medical / physical integrity rights". Hey look, it's not us doing the violence and suspending basic human rights – it's the private companies!

I guess people need to see how this ugly pattern plays out in full, again. I anticipate a lot of future "How could they let this happen?" and "Nobody could have foreseen this!" as well as the sad classic, "Is there no one left to stand up for me?".

Google is free to set their rules and we are free to complain about them.

Google is overstepping their bounds the same way Nasim Aghdam overstepped bounds of complaining about Google