"[Google Manager]: Guys... Could you make it modern, like Microsoft Metro, but maybe decrease the padding between tiles and maybe add some blurry shadows."
"[Designers]: but shadows are a violation flat design principles!"
"[Google Manager]: I am sorry, but we cannot come across like complete rip-offs".
It's not flat design at all. They spent like 3/4 of the design segment in the keynote talking about how everything has a depth, and how things cast shadows on each other.
Have we reached a point where anyone using color is ripping off windows? :/
"[Google Manager]: Guys... Could you make it modern, like Microsoft Metro, but maybe decrease the padding between tiles and maybe add some blurry shadows."
"[Designers]: but shadows are a violation flat design principles!"
"[Google Manager]: I am sorry, but we cannot come across like complete rip-offs".