Google is putting ads in gmail. WTF? - eviltoast

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

    • letsgocrazy@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I don’t even know if this is true, but I’d love to know more.

      Maybe we’re worth £4 a month, but they just decided to pull a higher price out of their ass to dissuade everyone from paying.

      I suspect the small amount of people who decide to pay will cost more in infrastructure, and causes more headaches to meta anyway.

    • Patches@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      No we didn’t. We learned they were required to offer an ‘ad tracking free’ experience and that they priced it at $15/month. As that experience only exists as a result of a law suit - we have no idea what a user is worth.

      Because they were limited by what they could charge to ‘sounds reasonable’ and ‘unlikely to cause further lawsuits’