Google's business model as it stands is too faceted to say any statement like that. But largely it's generating ad revenue from new connected devices/interface

Google's business model as it stands is too faceted to say any statement like that. But largely it's generating ad revenue from new connected devices/interfaces as the ycome into scale, based off the data they generate/analyze. If you had read the article, you'd see that open web that the executive is refering to is the open web before multimedia devices/interfaces became the primary ad absorption method. Google certainly wants you stop stop watching youtube on firefox on your windows tv. They will give you a free device to do so. (chromecast) where they can control the entire experience, FORCING you to reconcle the ad.