Why is it free?

Why does Google just give it away? What do they gain?

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Google is free if your privacy is worthless

Youre the product, you give them your data for free and they sell it for big money. They should be paying you to use that shit but youre stupid

>Implying that Apple doesn't sell your info as well

>Why is it free?
because charging money for it would be worse

I wasn't

They charge insane licensing fees for OEMs to be able to download the Playstore and related Google services onto the phones

lineageos master race

They're getting people to invest into their currently open and free ecosystem. Once fuschia launches, however, they will have total control and everyone who has invested too much into it already will be forced to play along

Free surveillance for CIA on every device