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Looked up Mimestream. So it's a subscription-based app that basically gives you nicer UI/UX for your google emails. Oof.

latchkey 9mo ago
$50/year for a nice app that I use on a daily basis to make my life better? Worth every penny.
- noitpmeder 9mo ago
  But google still is presumably still training their AIs on your email content regardless if you don't use their frontend.
  - latchkey 9mo ago
    OPs issue was more clearly directed at "A week or two ago I was surprised to see a Google Gemini summary at the top of my email on my phone", which Mimestream doesn't include. The rest of the complaint was about a bug that happened, just today, with sorting and spam control.
    - noitpmeder 9mo ago
      OP meaning the author of the linked article? Maybe I missed the mark but I felt his main rejection of Gmail ended up being because they train their AI based on his private and or commercial data.
      - latchkey 9mo ago
        OP = original poster "I tried to turn it off. I can." The complaint was about the summary, which Mimestream doesn't include.
otterley 9mo ago
Only on HN will someone who makes money writing software complain that other fellow developers are asking for money from him for their software.
- nelsonfigueroa 9mo ago
  That is not what my comment is about.
  - latchkey 9mo ago
    You might want to edit your comment to explain because that was my own takeaway as well.
- latchkey 9mo ago
  I agree with your comment fully, but it also doesn't follow the guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - otterley 9mo ago
    Fair enough!
- aesh2Xa1 9mo ago
  No, you probably haven't read the conversation piece. The post is ultimately about switching providers because Google's service crosses a line from (1) targeted advertising to (2) using personal and confidential information for model training. A service to clean up the UI does nothing to solve the issue at hand.
  - latchkey 9mo ago
    "I tried to turn it off. I can." The complaint was about the summary, which Mimestream doesn't include.
    - 9mo ago

latchkey 9mo ago

$50/year for a nice app that I use on a daily basis to make my life better? Worth every penny.

noitpmeder 9mo ago
But google still is presumably still training their AIs on your email content regardless if you don't use their frontend.
- latchkey 9mo ago
  OPs issue was more clearly directed at "A week or two ago I was surprised to see a Google Gemini summary at the top of my email on my phone", which Mimestream doesn't include. The rest of the complaint was about a bug that happened, just today, with sorting and spam control.
  - noitpmeder 9mo ago
    OP meaning the author of the linked article? Maybe I missed the mark but I felt his main rejection of Gmail ended up being because they train their AI based on his private and or commercial data.
    - latchkey 9mo ago
      OP = original poster "I tried to turn it off. I can." The complaint was about the summary, which Mimestream doesn't include.

otterley 9mo ago

Only on HN will someone who makes money writing software complain that other fellow developers are asking for money from him for their software.

nelsonfigueroa 9mo ago
That is not what my comment is about.
- latchkey 9mo ago
  You might want to edit your comment to explain because that was my own takeaway as well.
latchkey 9mo ago
I agree with your comment fully, but it also doesn't follow the guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- otterley 9mo ago
  Fair enough!
aesh2Xa1 9mo ago
No, you probably haven't read the conversation piece. The post is ultimately about switching providers because Google's service crosses a line from (1) targeted advertising to (2) using personal and confidential information for model training. A service to clean up the UI does nothing to solve the issue at hand.
- latchkey 9mo ago
  "I tried to turn it off. I can." The complaint was about the summary, which Mimestream doesn't include.
  - 9mo ago