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Re:Unable to deal with Chrome Extension Team, Kozmos is shut... by joshuamorton on Saturday May 23, 2020 @04:21PM (#23286044)
I'd go further and suggest that some of those services don't trade in your data even at the free tier.
Re:Unable to deal with Chrome Extension Team, Kozmos is shut... by dvfjsdhgfv on Saturday May 23, 2020 @04:35PM (#23286170)
I guess you might be right. For example, here is a semi-official answer on how Google makes money out of Google Docs:

https://www.quora.com/Does-Google-Docs-and-Drive-generate-an...

It's not unlikely that in this case they use the more traditional business model of having the free tier do the marketing for the premium option.