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Or just use adblock and never see any?
Only if you are watching via web browser.
Umm revanced ?
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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.
Don't forget juno!
(though that one at least I legitimately chide people for using, because I have family members whose devices got infected because juno failed to filter out malicious emails appearing to come from personal contacts).
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#93Just to be clear: Gmail is displaying ads for free use of Gmail. If you pay for Gmail (Google Workspaces, previously known as G-Suite) then they do not serve ads.
I pay for Google One and still have adds in Gmail.
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#94Google now seems deep into the enshittification [1] process. Of all the big tech companies, they seemed the most customer-friendly, the least constrained by the need to optimize their money hose. But I guess the economic logic of tying executive compensation to short-term share price simply overwhelmed other considerations. The stock must go up, so revenues must grow, so Google must monetize everything to the maximum…
Am I naive to think that when you make $226 million in a year like Pichai that money should stop being your major driving force and that your reputation is more important? Like what else could he buy? But his reputation is taking severe hits. Maybe I just don't understand ultra rich people though. Maybe money is everything.
When you get that high up in a corp., your North Star is “shareholder value”, and you’re probably right to do that.
I wouldn’t want to and won’t if I was ever lucky enough to have the opportunity.
But what are the alternatives?
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#95Have people tried/documented gmail to proton migrations? There is a forwarding functionality that could reduce the migration pain but you never know what kind of can of worms you might get into.
Hi there, Tutanota team here, we've compiled a guide how to forward from Gmail to any service, works also for Tutanota. ;) https://tutanota.com/gmail-alternative#switch
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A few years back I was told I almost wasn't considered for an interview because I was, at the time, using a Yahoo email address.
Wouldn't that be illegal? Like discriminating a candidate because them having an address in a (perceived) bad neighborhood.
In the US? no.
Not unless you can tie the use of an email provider to a protected characteristic (race, gender, etc.)
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#97Just to be clear: Gmail is displaying ads for free use of Gmail. If you pay for Gmail (Google Workspaces, previously known as G-Suite) then they do not serve ads.
"free use of Gmail" but only if you're using Google's email client. If you're using the POP (and, presumably, IMAP) API, you're not going to see any ads, amiright?
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It is terribly insecure. Leaked passwords. Random account access. Backdoor access for govt. I still use yahoo.
I think that was a long time ago. Now they have MFA and haven't had any public security incidents.
They also supposedly hash out their passwords now. So the leaked passwords are less of a problem. (I use a completely unique immemorable password.) They also have device key sign in.
But somewhere someplace, I cannot trust them on security anymore. I know of a few vulnerabilities that I cannot explain. And so my emails will remain for insecure purposes.
Re: Google appears to be scaling up the ads it shows to Gmail users
#100Google is run by MBAs now. This is all they know: how to maximize for next quarter's profits, or profits until their RSUs vest.
Perhaps this is a good thing. Google has gotten too big and to many people rely on it in various ways. If Google cannibalizes itself then noone will need to bother killing it.