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Re:A rundown of the new Gmail by Applejinx on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @04:36AM (#16919592)
You're assuming changes have any utility towards people in general. There are times changes will be made because they benefit the service provider at the expense of the user, because the service provider's interests are not at all the same thing as the user's interests.

I realize it's axiomatic that 'to serve the customer is self-evidently the best thing for the service provider, because capitalism', but by now I think that is obviously marketing spin to cover actions in self-interest… no matter who claims it. Starkly, obviously false.

Re:A rundown of the new Gmail by roenxi on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @05:12AM (#16919778)
Customer: a person who buys goods or services from a shop or business.

Gmail users are clearly not customers, they are not paying anything for it. Your cynicism against capitalism is unwarranted in this case.