Google's strategy changed when Mohammed bin Salman invested in tech starting in 2018.
The fossil fuel industry recognizes to keep its wealth, it needs to thwart democracies from enacting penalties for frying the planet.
Funding Trump and anti-democracy billionaires' #enshittification is how.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html
@Npars01 @briankrebs @John I did not realize he was a big investor, but it makes sense. This visit (April 2018) was just a few months prior to Jamal Khashoggi being killed (October 2018).