If that’s the case then it will very quickly be known that spending this money is useless. This is supposed to be a win win for both the platform and the user

If that’s the case then it will very quickly be known that spending this money is useless. This is supposed to be a win win for both the platform and the user and not a source of revenue. Of course if google decides to try and squeeze a couple of extra bucks of profit from this then it is useless.