> [...] though I'm sure they're just beginning to transfer their services to the main google.com domain.
This and the wording across the article imply more than the factual changes. But granted, hooby's comment above is probably more correct than what I wrote.
Did we read the same short article? [not parody]
It's so short, we can copy paste it here and then you can point out where he reasoned that Google did this with intent to track.
> But the blog post basically list a single symptom and jumps right to the one conclusion that fits what the author expects.
OP is simply stating a consequence of this change!
"Congratulations, you now have permission to geo-track me across all of your services."