CarneDelGato t1_jd361q8 wrote
Reply to comment by demanbmore in 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 to piggyback on this, a lot of the stuff that might be free for an individual is something a business pays for. For instance, my company pays to use gmail and the rest of the Google web suite (e.g. Hangouts, Drive) for most of its operations. When people already understand the set of tools, it makes it more attractive to the business, I.e. letting people use it for free is good marketing.
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