Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads

Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads by CaptSpify on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:41PM (#14621088)

In theory, yes

In actuality: they are a waste of my time and mental space

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Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads by Ajedi32 on Friday June 23, 2017 @02:25PM (#14621438)

That's true in the sense that having no ads at all would be better; but if you're going to be seeing ads either way, why wouldn't you want them to be ads for things relevant to your interests?

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Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads by CaptSpify on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:49PM (#14622213)

Why would I be seeing ads either way? I generally don't see them at all.

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Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads by Ajedi32 on Friday June 23, 2017 @04:37PM (#14622558)

Whether you block ads or not is kinda beside the point. It's a little unreasonable to expect Google or anyone else to stop personalizing the ads they're trying to serve you just based on the fact that you're blocking them.

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Re:Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads by oh_sigh on Friday June 23, 2017 @02:02PM (#14621270)

I'll agree that most ads are junk and not relevant to a users life, but that doesn't mean all ads are.

Having said that, I've never clicked on an ad in Gmail since 2004 or so.

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