People at an airport are a very important advertising asset.. they have spare time and have (forcibly) nothing much to do but wait.. what do they do? they log on to the internet..! if google controls the wifi network they can let their advertisers pin point "customers at airports" more accurately (rather than relying on regular geo-ip).. combine that with all the data that google keeps on you.. and you can do some very effective targeting..
you call this altruistic ?
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People at an airport are a very important advertising asset.. they have spare time and have (forcibly) nothing much to do but wait.. what do they do? they log on to the internet..! if google controls the wifi network they can let their advertisers pin point "customers at airports" more accurately (rather than relying on regular geo-ip) .. combine that with all the data that google keeps on you.. and you can do some very effective targeting..
you call this altruistic ?