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Re:Is Google far too much in love with engineering? by Maven911 on Monday June 21, 2010 @12:53PM (#1449325)
Most companies try to show they are ethical by donating or being a corporate sponsor for a charity or event. I like Google's concept of just giving things out for free since I am a great benefactor of that.

Google can make some of the money back through increased ads, but its not always clear how they do it for some products where there isn't any visible ads at all.

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Re:Is Google far too much in love with engineering? by pjscott on Monday June 21, 2010 @02:39PM (#1449645)
With Android, they're preventing someone else from locking down smartphones and getting in the way of Google's advertising business.
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Re:Is Google far too much in love with engineering? by aaronkaplan on Monday June 21, 2010 @01:59PM (#1449518)
I think you mean beneficiary, not benefactor.
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Re:Is Google far too much in love with engineering? by Maven911 on Monday June 21, 2010 @03:46PM (#1449814)
yup you are right, sorry
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