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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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?