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Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by 257m@sh.itjust.works to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They are legally obliged to ~~screw over their users as much as possible~~ maximize shareholder value

[–] Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why do people upvote this post, without reading comments that say its nothing new?

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[–] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I suggest Tutanota or Protonmail.

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[–] Icedrous@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It sucks that Gmail is pretty much the best app that works with, well.. Gmail accounts. At least from what I’ve found. Especially with the 2FA thing where it asks you to press “yes” in Gmail after signing into Gmail from a different browser.

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[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Gmail has been doing this for yeeeaars

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'd need to pay for them. I don't care about privacy on my Gmail account so I let it slide.

Edit: oh wait, Proton has a free-tier. Will check

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[–] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Oh my god, they're really going full enshittification now. Never thought I'd see them stoop this low.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was helping my dad with some computer stuff and I noticed Microsoft outlook online (Hotmail) has ads as well.
My corporate outlook online doesn't have ads.
And my personal gsuite (paid for Gmail) doesn't have ads.

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[–] don@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I use protonmail, so I don’t have to see shit like that.

[–] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

It's restricted to specific inbox tabs. I now only use Inbox, Forums and Updates, and get no adds.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago

Because of low digital literacy

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't see them with FairEmail client.

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[–] muhyb@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that really surprising?

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[–] heygooberman 3 points 1 year ago

I believe this has been going on for a while now. It's one of the reasons why I switched over to Proton Mail.

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