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I think you're right, and that that be great in my opinion. I'd love for this to be the start of Google being less dependent on ads across some of their current

I think you're right, and that that be great in my opinion. I'd love for this to be the start of Google being less dependent on ads across some of their currently free products. If a "Google One" subscription guaranteed that Gmail and other services were no longer mined for ads, that would be a great thing. It might allow them to maintain the ads-based model for free users, while providing a single subscription for people who are willing to pay. In a way that offering subscriptions for each individual product wouldn't be feasible due to the complexity of marketing/managing so many at once.

modeless 8y ago
> If a "Google One" subscription guaranteed that Gmail and other services were no longer indexed for ads You can already pay for that for Gmail. You have been able to for years. "we never collect or use data from G Suite services for any advertising purposes" https://gsuite.google.com/security/ https://gsuite.google.com/security/
icebraining 8y ago
Gmail stopped being mined for ads last year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14620608 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14620608