Why would anyone use this over Proton Mail or the gazillion alternatives if it treats people like shit.
this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2023
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Windows is phasing out the built in mail app which is basic but decent…forcing “upgrade” to Outlook which has ads if you’re not a paid user.
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This is why, if you need to use gmail, you never use the official app. Just use a different client, anf you at least bypass this specific bullshit
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Been doing it for years. If you use the "tabs" mode where it breaks your emails up into primary/social/promotions/updates you get about 3 ads in the top 5-6 emails every time you switch tabs to the promotions tab. If you go back to the "all in 1" mode I believe you don't get the ads anymore, but now you get no categorization.
I don't understand why there are so many surprised people in this thread. They've been doing this for a pretty long time now. Yahoo has been doing it for even longer.
Unless this is just people being fake surprised as a joke?
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honestly, just use a mail client. on Android I use k9. on desktop, thunderbird.
That's why I use Gmail through the K-9 Mail app (When I have to).
But then you have to activate access to Less Secure Apps™. It's so disgusting.