How do you see Google Docs? It doesn't have ads but instead I think some people actually pay for it.
Most schools pretty much require students to make a Google account. It's probably profitable by now due to kids in school who used it bringing it into the workplace, but compared to ads it is still a drop in the bucket in terms of revenue
It’s part of the battlefield against Microsoft and they don’t want to give that up.
It’s sad that Google doesn’t spin some of these shutdowns off as separate companies.