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Google offers a stable of compelling free services. If that's lock-in, then throw away the key.
by Raphael 14y ago
Google offers a stable of compelling free services. If that's lock-in, then throw away the key.
- bzbarsky 14y agoGoogle's goal is to make sure you see their ads. To the extent that having compelling free services helps, they're doing compelling free services. But the goal is user eyeballs, not having compelling free services. So Google is perfectly happy to do other things that help ensure users will use said services. Nothing wrong with that, by the way.