Devil's advocate: perhaps Google is taking a loss on the $35 device in exchange for user lock-in? I doubt the immense R&D behind building it would have been wor

Devil's advocate: perhaps Google is taking a loss on the $35 device in exchange for user lock-in? I doubt the immense R&D behind building it would have been worth it otherwise. I'm not arguing against unlimited freedom - just arguing against the expectation of unlimited freedom when all things are considered.