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Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months 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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[–] trk@aussie.zone 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Looks like your email account is nothing but adverts anyway, so probably not a huge deal?

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Haha

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

look closely where it says promotions toward the upper left. He literally screenshotted the "promotions" tab which is 100% ads. OP is either trolling us or he's clueless because he's never seen that before. But it's always been there.