They are legally obliged to ~~screw over their users as much as possible~~ maximize shareholder value
Why do people upvote this post, without reading comments that say its nothing new?
People like to be angry at Google. I mean, fair game, I dislike them a lot myself. But yeah, it's voicing "yeah I hate that too", would be my interpretation.
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.
Spark and some more sensible form of 2fa will do. I’ve found Spark superior in every way, what do you prefer about the gmail app? You can use your hardware keys or totp apps with gmail, and it’s much more portable.
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
Gmail has been doing this for yeeeaars
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.
Oh my god, they're really going full enshittification now. Never thought I'd see them stoop this low.
Because of low digital literacy
It's restricted to specific inbox tabs. I now only use Inbox, Forums and Updates, and get no adds.
I use protonmail, so I don’t have to see shit like that.
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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