Google is sending email notifications to Google Merchant Center users if their e-commerce platform supports Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and if so, telling them that “your products are now eligible for native checkout.” This means that your eligible products are automatically included, so if you don’t want people buying directly on Google, and you want them to buy on your site, then you need to turn it off.
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