Why would anyone use this over Proton Mail or the gazillion alternatives if it treats people like shit.

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    1 year ago

    These ads only appear in the “promotions” section of Gmail, the section that is by definition for advertising emails. It’s not great, but this is the least intrusive place to put ads.

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      Whoa, there’s remotely tech-savvy people who don’t turn off 100% of that “new” inbox sorting stuff? Color me surprised.

      That Social/Updates/Promotion shit is absolutely trash shit garbage useless. It does nothing to improve email experience. It exists to serve you ads.

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        1 year ago

        Are you kidding? It filters out 90% of my inbox so I don’t have to look at it, but keeps it available for me in case I want it later. It’s one of my favorite features Gmail.

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    Maybe I’m missing something, but hasn’t this been the case since forever?

    I mean, Google is an advertising company. I would be surprised if they didn’t serve ads in their free email service.

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    Wait until you see Yahoo mail.

    Edit: Before you say nobody uses Yahoo mail, it’s probably the 2nd most used after gmail at my school, afaik, I haven’t met another person using protonmail.

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      That’s the problem! If you’re ready to adopt protonmail, but no one in your social group is, what to do with an empty inbox?

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        What are you talking about? ProtonMail is still a regular fully functional email provider. Nobody else has to use ProtonMail for you to receive the same emails you would on gmail.