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And what would be the problem with a business trying to be more profitable giving away something free (like iCloud)?

I'm sure Google is offering all their services because they are very nice people, not to make more money off the ads.

Well, giving something away for free is not a bad business move (Facebook's free ;)), but do you really think that Google just makes their services free because they're nice? A business like any other, they just make $$$ of us in a more indirect business model.

Oh my god, did you really didn't understand that I was sarcastic? That was my point, I felt that in the article there was a negative angle about Apple trying to make more money and I just wanted to point out that the nemesis of Apple, Google, who is trying to bring everything online, does that for the same exact reason, to make more money.

Sorry. Hard to say without a smiley since it woudn't be the first time someone argue that Google is just good and nothing else

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