Google must comply with all sorts of regulations and compliance.
You get a lot out of the box if you used standard tooling. For example, privacy, GDPR and data retention compliance if you used standardized libraries. You also have dedicated teams who can streamline issues. It's the equivalent of registering your company in Delaware.
Yes, and in order to operate as a b2b SaaS, the "bare minimum" is relatively high, meaning when acquired the value of integration may not be very much.
The owners may have also just demanded to remain independent as part of the acquisition. Or the wind blew a little from the left on a Tuesday in July; there are a million reasons why Qwiklabs might not have fully rebranded or re-integrated such as you would like them to.
You get a lot out of the box if you used standard tooling. For example, privacy, GDPR and data retention compliance if you used standardized libraries. You also have dedicated teams who can streamline issues. It's the equivalent of registering your company in Delaware.