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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] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm thinking the mobile users are in the worst spot for this. For desktop all this random spam goes into its own tab that I never look at.

Alas, the spam in my "real" google inbox is all my fault. Shouldn't have gave substack my email address.

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

I'm a mobile user and our Gmail is separated into "Primary emails" which is the stuff we really want to see, and "promotions/ spam" which are all the advertisements. that is what OP took a screenshot of. The second one. I don't know why he's just seeing this for the first time and thinks that it's something new. It's been like this since the birth of gmail.

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

thunderbird just got a major upgrade with new aesthetics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

idk what to say so the only thing i'm gonna say is... what the fuck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I knew about that this year, so many ads and comparing with other alternatives it's like... lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Vouching for FairEmail. It's by far my favourite mail client. It's material design and very safe cause it strips out all images by default or only tracking images if you choose.

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