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(the link is not paid for, nor does it go to, McAfee, it's malware)

Can't wait to fully migrate to Proton.

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[–] Synthead 54 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago
[–] NAXLAB 49 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why are there ads in Gmail what is this? I have never seen ads in my Gmail app

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They only show if you have categories enabled, and then only on the Promotions category.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just realized you're right. They show in all the tabs other than Inbox. Weak.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

It made me so mad when they appeared in updates. I don’t use categories anymore and went full inbox zero.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 9 months ago

Honestly it still would have been malware if it was actually McAfee.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are ads in your gmail?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes, even though I pay for Google One (sucker, I know).

My Google Workspace email doesn't have ads.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago

Gmail serves you ads? Holy shit...

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Proton slaps. Strongly recommend. And they keep giving benefits every year for loyalty like more free cloud storage space.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for proper Linux support to drop before fully switching.

Proton Drive is unfortunately useless to me right now, and I get no calendar outside of the web app and Android app.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Unfortunately, just like any private company, it can be bought or sold or just have new owners after the old ones die.

As a company, those great things they do for consumers can change on a whim, especially with new management and sudden need for revenue.

I mean, I remember people saying similar things about Gmail when it was invite only and had 1gb of storage. "It's the best, why would you use anything else?"

All this time later, not feeling those same things so much, you know?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

how does that even make it through google's qa?

thunderbird and k9 + a monthly donation to thunderbird rule :)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

The content of the ads doesn't matter as long as they're paying for ads ;)

[–] DingoBilly 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you use Gmail badly this it what happens.

I feel like this is more on the user than on the app. Haven't ever seen anything like this.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It's the default Gmail layout, the one your average Joe who might seriously click on this would use.

If you remove your Promotions tab, it doesn't serve you ads.

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[–] DoctorRoxxo 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good question!

It's a privacy and security-focused productivity suite, mostly known for their Proton Mail product.

They don't sell your data, they're mostly open-sourced and get audited frequently.

[–] DoctorRoxxo 8 points 9 months ago

Hmm interesting, I’ve been wanting to move away from outlook, I may need to look into this.

[–] Coach 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Remove the "Promotions" tab. Ads are GONE!

As much as I hate Google and corporations altogether, maybe read the friggin' manual from time to time?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (13 children)

The problem here is they're serving literal malware in their client, and the categorized view is the default, which the average person will use.

I've switched to K9 mail for that account, doesn't matter what the Gmail client does anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ok thank you for this. I didn't even know you could add and remove categories

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

AFAIK ads can be served in any category now. They were limited to promotions for a very long time. I turned off all categories a year or two ago when ads starting showing up in Updates.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hello there, fellow Montrealer!

Yeah I changed my Gmail view recently and I get ads now too.

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