Google Drive allows Google to create a more 'accurate' fingerprint of who you are by examining everything you create. This clearly has huge value... Possibly ev

Google Drive allows Google to create a more 'accurate' fingerprint of who you are by examining everything you create. This clearly has huge value... Possibly even more than Google+ if used correctly. The better they get at identifying your needs, the better they can target ads to you within their ecosystem. Google Apps + Google Drive makes sense for Google. All the products they're creating are designed to kill the desktop as we know it. Google Apps, Android (reliance on Google Now), Chromebooks, Chromecasts, ... If I was not a developer and didn't have a garage full of old computers, a Chromebook would be the ideal PC for me. My children will one day probably access all their data from the 'cloud'. I know that at some new schools they're even supplying Chromebooks with textbooks and assignments pre-loaded. I personally still like learning using 'dead-tree' books, but It's a different world for this generation.