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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

Wait so Google is putting ads in its services now?

WHY UNIVERSE WHY

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

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

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

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

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

I use the official app and I don't get these.

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[–] [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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