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This is something I wish more companies would do with their free products.

• flexie 14y ago
  Until then you can just hide your ads in Gmail: http://lifehacker.com/5879757/how-to-hide-ads-in-gmail http://lifehacker.com/5879757/how-to-hide-ads-in-gmail
  • manojlds 14y ago
    The problem has never been about seeing the ad was it? It's mostly about what ad and what Google sees to show the ad.
    • flexie 14y ago
      Yes, that is also a problem. Judging from the ads that are shown to me they don't understand much of what they see, though ;-) Of course that is likely an issue with the advertisers that choose wrong keywords that their ads show up for.
    • etherealG 14y ago
      is it a given in any email system that they see this though, i.e. would it even be possible to make it so that they couldn't see it?
      • AnthonyMouse 14y ago
        You could use gpg and a non-browser email client to encrypt your email. But then you can do that with gmail too.
    • kehrlann 14y ago
      And if you pay, do they swear they won't look at your e-mail and use it to build your profile ? After all, they sell ad space outside gmail ...
• michaelmartin 14y ago
  I agree, but you need to be careful with the distinction between the paid and the ad-free versions. Is it just removing ads? Or is it a premium product? e.g. Gmail has no ads when you buy a Google apps account, but you pay $50 for it because they give you a load of other features as well (Which you may or may not need). I still think it's good to give the option, but your selling points could get diluted pretty quickly once you start adding more little things to justify your paid memberships.