Well they are charging a premium for the service everywhere and more so in certain countries which can afford it but a big part is that in some countries people may only earn a few USD a day so they would not be able to afford it otherwise. I can’t speak on whether or not they are taking a loss in those countries, but i can’t imagine that they have a problem due to existing infrastructure from google all across the world.
I’m pretty new to linux and just got Pop os running on my gaming pc. When cosmic comes out do I just update or download Cosmic or is it a fresh install on my system?