They never supply something for free unless it will provide them the data they crave.
Why should they supply you anything for free?
Why should they supply you anything for free?
If you're implying that I'm suggesting Google should give me something for free, I'm not.
Just orienting this "service" in a way that shows that the users are, freely, giving something to Google.
This seems to be a mutually beneficial service. The users stand to gain as can be seen from the testimonials here http://www.google.org/powermeter/demoproject.html
So the users aren't giving away anything freely.
Google obviously gains , with hard data about consumer usage.
There could a lot of data gleaned about TV viewers , for example .. by analyzing power usage trends during tv show times. If a show is watched more , then advertisers would want to target that show more ...