If he were able to ignore various regulatory compliance issues that Google insisted he follow, Google would have likely faced some pretty serious fines.
If Waze had stayed independent and done so, it would likely be destined for a consent decree with the FTC.
Either way his life would have gotten a lot worse--he just experienced the pain via corporate insistent, rather than direct governmental influence.
A lot of conclusions in your comment based on assumptions that are not supported by anything I’m aware of. I read his statements as “dealing with an extra level of inefficient bureaucracy every day is annoying”, not “these pesky lawyers won’t let me do risky things”
If Waze had stayed independent and done so, it would likely be destined for a consent decree with the FTC.
Either way his life would have gotten a lot worse--he just experienced the pain via corporate insistent, rather than direct governmental influence.