> in exchange for letting us read your emails Every email service has a computer "read" your emails. If it didn't then your inbox would be filled with spam. I

> in exchange for letting us read your emails Every email service has a computer "read" your emails. If it didn't then your inbox would be filled with spam. If it's specifically the ads you don't like, then it's probably not news to anyone here that free search, email and social networking is funded by ads. I for one am highly "privacy aware", and I've also found tremendous value in Google's search, email and docs. I found Google's products to be far superior to those from Yahoo, Microsoft and others. While I'd prefer Google's products to be both free of cost and free of ads, I trust Google more than the other guys and I'm happy with the tradeoff.