Google has long held the stance that anything that's good for the web is good for Google. Google is nearly ubiquitous online these days, so people spending more

Google has long held the stance that anything that's good for the web is good for Google. Google is nearly ubiquitous online these days, so people spending more time online will almost certainly benefit their business. That's why they don't need any ulterior motivation for efforts like HTTPS Everywhere, Google Fiber, or Chrome. The very fact that those technologies make the web safer, faster, or more powerful already benefits Google indirectly.