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Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by 257m to c/[email protected]

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Why would anyone use this over Proton Mail or the gazillion alternatives if it treats people like shit.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why is everybody trying to run into the next walled garden and recommends Protonmail ? E-Mail is great because its decentralized. Protons encryption only works among fellow Protonmail users, essentially breaking federation. Moreover the whole "Switch from regular mail to protonmail, because it is more secure", is nothing more then good marketing. Web mail is insecure by design, as explained here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH626CXyNtE If you need secure mail use K-9 and openkeychain

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is why I switched.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pro-ton! Pro-ton! Pro-ton!

Proton is 33% off right now... About 9 bucks a month for 500gb drive, VPN, email/calendar.

...in case anyone was wondering...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wait so Google is putting ads in its services now?

WHY UNIVERSE WHY

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Apparently hotmail/Microsoft does the same

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I started getting this with the new outlook. Rolled back and they vanished.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

I don't use any of the default Gmail apps. Not because of ads, but because, if your email is too long, Google will truncate it and make you click to a new page to read the whole thing. I found Edison Mail on Android works acceptably. And in Firefox I use an addon called Notifier for Gmail. But I've seen recently that N for G might stop working sometime soon.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just checked my Gmail. I did not see a single ad in my inbox. Stop lying OP

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's not how that works. Products that big don't have features (or “features”) rolled out universally. They do things per county, per demographic, or to random groups first, to have data on how it affects usage.

Only if they're happy with the results (or management overrides the rational decision process) they'll introduce things globally.

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