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“You get that loyalty early, and potentially for life”: internal Google documents describe how their presence in schools helps the company build a “pipeline of future users.” (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] 6 points 9 months ago*

This isn't new even in the computing world. In the 1990s Apple had huge donations to primary schools and large discounts to college students for years gaining a couple of generations of customers.

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