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Providing internet access is not the same as locking somebody into their cloud services. There is such a thing as win win in business. Yes, Google benefits if
by Tichy 13y ago
Providing internet access is not the same as locking somebody into their cloud services.
There is such a thing as win win in business. Yes, Google benefits if more people are on the internet, because of the network effect - more people searching, more stuff to be found, and, yes, more potential advertising space. It's useful even without lock in.
- jlees 13y agoDepends on the implementation, though; if you need to create and sign in with a $foo account to use the sponsored-by-$foo internet connection, it's not lock-in per se, but has some of the same effects.
- Tichy 13y agoThat kind of thing would indeed be questionable, but it didn't sound to me as if Google wanted to implement it that way. From their history it also seems unlikely (ie giving away Android).