Google is a mind-bogglingly massive company. You can't infer anything about its stance on perf from a blog post, except perhaps that the people who care about web perf aren't babysitting the blog (which is probably using a third-party CMS).
Incidentally, I only see a 260K image when I dev-tools that page. I can't reproduce the 4.5MB download.
Incidentally, I only see a 260K image when I dev-tools that page. I can't reproduce the 4.5MB download.