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didn't know Gmail has ads .. so they basically use ML to substitute random spam with their highly targeted spam.. innovative business model
by samuel2 6y ago
didn't know Gmail has ads .. so they basically use ML to substitute random spam with their highly targeted spam.. innovative business model
- anoncareer0212 6y agoBillions of people have ~unlimited free email and you've boiled it down to "substituting random spam with highly targeted spam". This isn't an unusual mode of commentary for HN, but one of my resolutions is to point out when social cynicism has far out-stripped reality.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoGmail now being a for-profit, floated business isn't the point of it to target people with advertising. The function is only to achieve the rough aim of causing people to buy products they otherwise wouldn't have.
- samuel2 6y agoIt isn't unlimited as far as I know, but yes sure it is indeed very much free. We should be grateful for this opportunity to save 5 dollars a month.
- jldugger 6y agoI have an acct from the dawn of gmail and I'm still only using 25% of the current quota. I don't know the exact numbers but I imagine it's basically the case that 99.9 percent of inboxes never run out, and a significant fraction of those who do are abusing it with gmailfs or something.
- jansan 6y ago> didn't know Gmail has ads I guess this is the main reason why Gmail exists.