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> Advertising in (consumer) gmail came long after paid gsuite This is clearly false. The screenshots in this Time article show gmail having advertising from da
by realityking 6y ago
> Advertising in (consumer) gmail came long after paid gsuite
This is clearly false. The screenshots in this Time article show gmail having advertising from day one.
https://time.com/43263/gmail-10th-anniversary/ https://time.com/43263/gmail-10th-anniversary/
- techsupporter 6y agoCompletely accurate. The ads were even touted as somewhat of a feature. Something along the lines of "Gmail has ads, just like the other services, but our ads will be relevant to your interests."
- Spooky23 6y agoIt’s accurate and inaccurate. Ads were there but many users saw none for a long time. IMO ads were a distraction to enable the data harvesting, which drove Adsense targeting. Even today, the ads I see on GMail are pretty low quality. Some lovelorn guy used my email address unintentionally to sign up for a 55+ dating site 3 years ago. The most targeted ads I get are for similar sites. Of course YMMV.
- lozenge 6y agoThey actually stopped targeting by email contents a while back https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/google-gmail-ads-emails-1202477321/ https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/google-gmail-ads-email...
- thegagne 6y agoMy early adopter google apps account is still free and has no ads.