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I had no idea that there are ads in Gmail. This is infuriating. I would be absolutely fuming, but I don't use the web client, so I didn't realize this was a th

I had no idea that there are ads in Gmail. This is infuriating. I would be absolutely fuming, but I don't use the web client, so I didn't realize this was a thing. But holy shit! How is that okay?

beowulfey 7y ago
There have been ads for over a decade, but they didn’t appear within the interface as if they were mail.
- torgard 7y ago
  Yeah I should probably have clarified. It seems like such a dark pattern. It's astoundingly evil to me.
  - jrockway 7y ago
    I am sure many agree with you and would happily use your free email service that doesn't have ads.
LeonM 7y ago
It's a free service. Free as in free beer. There are real costs in hosting an email service, they need to pay for it somehow. If you don't want ads, just pay for a G-suite account.
- torgard 7y ago
  Well that would certainly explain why I haven't seen these ads - I pay for G-suite. Nonetheless, I find this to be heinous. Practically the same as Google vouching for spam emails, pushing them directly into your inbox.