RemainingLeftover t1_jd2u6z2 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 1:14 PM Reply to ELI5: Why does Google offer all these free services like Google Docs, Sheets, Drive, Sites, Forms, etc. without any ads on them? How does Google benefit from this and why do they invest so much in creating and maintaining them? by Elena_Edie Just read "The Surveillance Economy" and all your questions will be answered. Google knows more about you that you will ever know. So even in the free version, you are paying with a lot of your personal data. Permalink 2
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Reply to ELI5: Why does Google offer all these free services like Google Docs, Sheets, Drive, Sites, Forms, etc. without any ads on them? How does Google benefit from this and why do they invest so much in creating and maintaining them? by Elena_Edie
Just read "The Surveillance Economy" and all your questions will be answered.
Google knows more about you that you will ever know. So even in the free version, you are paying with a lot of your personal data.