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"In gmail, google reading my email tells them to sell me product x and we think that's the end of it." I don't want to put on a tin-foil beret, but how much re
by panacea 16y ago
"In gmail, google reading my email tells them to sell me product x and we think that's the end of it."
I don't want to put on a tin-foil beret, but how much revenue do they actually make from ad-words on the side of GMail? I can't imagine it's much, but then I'm probably biased in that I don't even notice they're there.
The pragmatic part of me realizes GMail is a service that improves 'lock-in' to the 'Google Ecosystem'... the paranoid part of me thinks about how valuable a "search everyone's inbox" rather than a "search my inbox" feature would be.
- inerte 16y agoIt's not about getting clicks while you're reading gmail (the adwords on the side), it's about mass gathering data about you and others. Re-read run4yourlives message. He does not say gmail tries to sell you product X, but gmail tells Google you might be in a buying mood for product X.