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So what's the motivation of Google? Are they are charity now? I phrase it a bit unnuanced, but it does leave me a bit puzzled. I suppose companies can be nice

So what's the motivation of Google? Are they are charity now? I phrase it a bit unnuanced, but it does leave me a bit puzzled. I suppose companies can be nice and not nice at the same time, but I'd rather look at the level of incentives first before looking at the level of being nice.

rkangel 7y ago
Google has said in the past "we make our money from usage of the internet, and so anything that increases internet usage helps us". That was their stated motivation behind things like Chrome - increase the speed and utility of webapps so that more things could be online. It works in this case because they are improving security and therefore user trust in online services in general.. The cynic in me is sure that that's not the only reason, but it's part of the picture.
- kps 7y ago
  Project Zero is a Chrome project, so I assume the intent is to find vulnerabilities elsewhere in the system that could end up tied to Chrome.
- mettamage 7y ago
  Hmm, fair enough. It feels a bit reminiscent of the commoditize your complement type of thing.