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How do you see Google Docs? It doesn't have ads but instead I think some people actually pay for it.
by hahajk 4y ago
How do you see Google Docs? It doesn't have ads but instead I think some people actually pay for it.
- bombcar 4y agoGoogle docs is part of the gmail suite that is sold into businesses (Twitter uses it) so they MAY keep it alive for now because it’s strategically important. It’s part of the battlefield against Microsoft and they don’t want to give that up. It’s sad that Google doesn’t spin some of these shutdowns off as separate companies.
- ren_engineer 4y agoit ties people to a Google account from a young age and keeps them in the Google ecosystem. A loss leader to collect more data to help deliver more precise ads. Most schools pretty much require students to make a Google account. It's probably profitable by now due to kids in school who used it bringing it into the workplace, but compared to ads it is still a drop in the bucket in terms of revenue