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> Why couldn't ad-free gmail and search be a $20 addon to your internet plan? A lot of ISPs include email. and it is usually terrible.
by thayne 4y ago
> Why couldn't ad-free gmail and search be a $20 addon to your internet plan?
A lot of ISPs include email. and it is usually terrible.
- xp84 4y agoSure, but it’s not because of the lack of ads, but rather because they know virtually nobody uses it. I was imagining paid Gmail, but Internet “with Gmail(tm)” being a bundle they would advertise, like when DirecTV offered TiVo. Or when you can buy HBO through Amazon Prime.
- thayne 4y agoBut nobody uses it because it isn't as good as gmail. Before Gmail, it was a lot more common to use your ISP's email. And given the current monopoly power of ISPs I'm pretty doubtful that any such bundling would be in users' best interests.