I don't have a personal dog in this fight (to the extent possible I refrain from using the Google ecosystem, and until Microsoft releases a Linux version of Edge in another year or two, Firefox will remain my primary browser) but I think it appropriate to make a few quiet observations:
(1) Although Microsoft has made it clear (see "Best Response") that it does not "plan to integrate Google services into Microsoft Edge by default", Microsoft is "considering including an opt-in experience for users to attach their Google account to Microsoft Edge".
(2) Microsoft welcomes continued discussion of this and other topics related to integration with Google/Chrome (again, see "Best Response") for users who would find integration at one level or another useful: "Please continue to provide your feedback and suggestions around this feature; the team will continue to review feedback even if we have moved something to Not Planned."
This discussion thread seems to have developed a lot of acrimony, but I think that the acrimony is misplaced, in part, because the nature of the request by Google users in this and other similar threads has been misunderstood.
The requested feature (ability to sign in with a Google account) does not require Microsoft "to integrate Google services into Microsoft Edge by default". Instead, the requested feature (and other forms of integration suggested in other threads like the discussion thread "Ongoing sync between Microsoft Edge and Chrome - Discussion" and similar) requires only that Microsoft give users who want to be tied into the Google ecosystem for one reason or another the ability to "opt-in" if desired.
It seems to me that Edge can be "Google-free" by default (for me that is a minimal requirement for any browser I would be willing to use), but still allow users who want to be (or need to be) tied into the Google ecosystem to have the option of activating integration at one level or another through toggles or extensions, in much the same way as "Turn Windows Feathers on and off" allows users to opt-in or opt-out of Windows services.
Google-dependent users have a legitimate reason for requesting integration, and "opt-in" integration does not require Microsoft to turn its back on its decision to make "unGoogle" Edge by default. Microsoft seems to recognize this by acknowledging that Microsoft "is considering including an opt-in experience for users to attach their Google account to Microsoft Edge".
If this discussion continues, it might make sense to focus on what Microsoft could/should do rather than on what Google does, and to focus on "opt-in" integration as a service to Google users rather than arguing about whether or not Microsoft should "integrate Google services into Microsoft Edge by default".
