Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
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Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#2Related from 3 days ago "Gmail is showing ads in the middle of the inbox" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35829697
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#3I hope I don't get hate for this, but I still use my old Yahoo! email account in parallel and I find the email experience much better than what Gmail has become. Especially the use of tabs yahoo enables and the non-intrusive ads on the side make my productivity and multi tasking way better.
To me, the only advantage to Gmail is integration with the Google ecosystem, especially for Android users, but purely for email, it seems to have stagnated, but not in a good way like wine, compared to the old HTML days of 2005 when it blew everything out of the water.
How Gmail still not have tabs is bewildering to me.
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#4I guess I should have seen this coming. If Google is concerned enough about their bottom line to have layoffs, then presumably they're also looking for low-hanging fruit to (they hope) increase revenue.
This reminds me of Microsoft's increased injection of ads into Windows 11. I'm curious if/when market dynamics will limit the extent to which Microsoft/Google do this.
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#5I hope I don't get hate for this, but I still use my old Yahoo! email account in parallel and I find the email experience much better than what Gmail has become. Especially the use of tabs yahoo enables and the non-intrusive ads on the side make my productivity and multi tasking way better. To me, the only advantage to Gmail is integration with the Google ecosystem, especially for Android users, but purely for email,…
Honest question: why would you expect hate for using Yahoo mail?
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#6I wondered why the old mobile web interface suddenly has an un-dismissable banner at the top pushing the app.
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#7I hope I don't get hate for this, but I still use my old Yahoo! email account in parallel and I find the email experience much better than what Gmail has become. Especially the use of tabs yahoo enables and the non-intrusive ads on the side make my productivity and multi tasking way better. To me, the only advantage to Gmail is integration with the Google ecosystem, especially for Android users, but purely for email,…
Honest question: why would you expect hate for using Yahoo mail?
A lot of people like to give you a hard time for using an “old” email address like yahoo, hotmail, or aol.
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honest question: why would you expect hate for using Yahoo mail?
A lot of people like to give you a hard time for using an “old” email address like yahoo, hotmail, or aol.
I'm more likely to give someone a hard time for using email at all. I find it increasingly less useful every year. Currently it's a massive storage of confirmation emails and receipts for me.
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#9I hope I don't get hate for this, but I still use my old Yahoo! email account in parallel and I find the email experience much better than what Gmail has become. Especially the use of tabs yahoo enables and the non-intrusive ads on the side make my productivity and multi tasking way better. To me, the only advantage to Gmail is integration with the Google ecosystem, especially for Android users, but purely for email,…
Honest question: why would you expect hate for using Yahoo mail?
It is terribly insecure. Leaked passwords. Random account access. Backdoor access for govt.
I still use yahoo.
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#10I hope I don't get hate for this, but I still use my old Yahoo! email account in parallel and I find the email experience much better than what Gmail has become. Especially the use of tabs yahoo enables and the non-intrusive ads on the side make my productivity and multi tasking way better. To me, the only advantage to Gmail is integration with the Google ecosystem, especially for Android users, but purely for email,…
I agree that the Yahoo interface is pleasant. And you can integrate Gmail access into it.