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Re:Gmail, Contacts, Assistant and Messages apps no longer su... by D895n9o33436N42 on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:51PM (#23972100)
> Also how is outlook any better?

Google: our business is ads, and you’re the product. Put more of your data into Gmail so that we can show you more ads and do a million other things that benefit us.

Microsoft: our business is software and services and hardware and a bunch of other stuff you can pay us money for. E-mail service is the product, and you’re the customer.

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Re:Gmail, Contacts, Assistant and Messages apps no longer su... by jeffbee on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:56PM (#23972126)
Literally Microsoft:

"""Microsoft uses the data we collect to provide you with rich, interactive experiences. In particular, we use data to: [etc and so forth]; Advertise and market to you, which includes sending promotional communications, targeting advertising, and presenting you with relevant offers."""

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Re:Gmail, Contacts, Assistant and Messages apps no longer su... by 0d311 on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:56PM (#23972130)
Then why are there ads in my Windows 10 OS? Why the aggressive data sponging behavior?

Microsoft is a lot better than Google, but I still feel like I am their product when I use their OS.

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Re:Gmail, Contacts, Assistant and Messages apps no longer su... by tux1968 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:04AM (#23972178)
It's much more insidious at the operating system level. It's easier to change email providers than your entire operating system. I'm shocked there isn't a louder outcry over Microsoft's intrusions this way into Windows.
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Re:Gmail, Contacts, Assistant and Messages apps no longer su... by userbinator on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:01AM (#23972161)
That's the old Microsoft. As of a few years ago, it has started to shift in the direction of Google too.
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Re:Gmail, Contacts, Assistant and Messages apps no longer su... by dilyevsky on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:59PM (#23972140)
If Microsoft doesn’t show you ads why is “Upgrade to ad-free Premium” a thing? You can turn off ads by buying g suite (albeit its more expensive) or just use adblock of some kind.
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