Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails?
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Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails?
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Re: Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails?
#2Yes, I saw this, but seems to be limited to the Promotions filtered tab which, well, an advert next to an advert. I'm kind of okay with that. But it does make you wonder if this is the start of a slippery slope.
Re: Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails?
#3Yes, I saw this, but seems to be limited to the Promotions filtered tab which, well, an advert next to an advert. I'm kind of okay with that. But it does make you wonder if this is the start of a slippery slope.
Some would argue it's the second step on a slippery slope (yay for mixed metaphors!) - the first step being ads in an email client. At least the rate of descent is so far moderately glacial.
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#4If this becomes a thing, I might actually switch to something else.
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#5Yes, I saw this, but seems to be limited to the Promotions filtered tab which, well, an advert next to an advert. I'm kind of okay with that. But it does make you wonder if this is the start of a slippery slope.
I think this is a slippery slope. They are essentially unsolicited mail that you never asked for. Some people will genuinely use the promotions tab to receive email from companies for which they have requested promotions be sent to them. Google is getting a free ride without permission.
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#6If this becomes a thing, I might actually switch to something else.
I've been actively looking for alternatives recently after all their "improvements" kept breaking my flow.
Unfortunately there isn't much out there :/
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#7If this becomes a thing, I might actually switch to something else.
Likewise, I've been thinking about moving away from Google Apps for a while and this may be the push that I needed.
Anybody have any suggestions? Self-hosted or otherwise.
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#8Yes, I saw this, but seems to be limited to the Promotions filtered tab which, well, an advert next to an advert. I'm kind of okay with that. But it does make you wonder if this is the start of a slippery slope.
I think this is a slippery slope. They are essentially unsolicited mail that you never asked for. Some people will genuinely use the promotions tab to receive email from companies for which they have requested promotions be sent to them. Google is getting a free ride without permission.
It sort of makes sense to me that Google, in exchange for giving me a free email account, would email ads to my free email account. Microsoft always has; I can't tell you how many times I saw "Hotmail (1)" on my MSN screen and clicked through only to find it was some ad for some Microsoft thing or another. At least with Google's version, it's very, very clear that these are ads; they don't even make your inbox get a (1) next to it or anything.
Re: Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails?
#9Yes, I saw this, but seems to be limited to the Promotions filtered tab which, well, an advert next to an advert. I'm kind of okay with that. But it does make you wonder if this is the start of a slippery slope.
I think this is a slippery slope. They are essentially unsolicited mail that you never asked for. Some people will genuinely use the promotions tab to receive email from companies for which they have requested promotions be sent to them. Google is getting a free ride without permission.
A free ride, running one of the largest and best-of-breed, free software-infrastructures.
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#10I'd love for Google to work out how much money they make from me in a year, and then to offer to go ad-free for 50% more than that.
At least then I could make an informed decision.