I think giving away Gemma may be telling on the direction they wanna go long term.

Winning doesn't have to mean making the most money I hope. Maybe winning is paying homage to the years of organizing everyone's data and giving it back in the form of a highly optimized completely free capable model? Or am I too naive. Give a highly optimized code forge I can run on local affordable hardware and you will win in my eyes.

Giving away Gemma was the first time I thought google may have a heart after all. Or am I too naive.