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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by prebrov on Saturday December 15, 2012 @02:45AM (#4924869)
I pay by letting them dig through my email, calendar and GDocs and resell data advertisers. I have little doubt those impressions of ads hanging in front of my face in GMail all day long earn them 5 bucks a month.

And they don't exactly refrain from mining my personal data once I pay for their service with cash. So, it is little short of outrageous.

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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by mibbitier on Saturday December 15, 2012 @02:50AM (#4924875)
I very much doubt they make 5 bucks a month per user. Maybe 5c.
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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by thrownaway2424 on Saturday December 15, 2012 @09:32AM (#4925332)
"resell data advertisers."

FYI that's not how google makes money.

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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by prebrov on Sunday December 16, 2012 @11:34AM (#4928668)
Yeah, I know. It's not literally data, it's knowledge about me and ability to target me they sell. Processed data.
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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by prebrov on Saturday December 15, 2012 @03:02AM (#4924894)
Thinking about it, sure, 5 bucks is outrageously much. Didn't give it enough thought, my bad.

Anyway, my major concern is that somehow my data stored with 'enterprise-grade' paid service still gets mined and resold to 3rd-parties. I'm being forced to pay while still it's me that's being the product. Privacy is a hefty enough price to pay for a personal email.

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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by codeka on Saturday December 15, 2012 @03:38AM (#4924948)
If you are paying for Google Apps, you can disable ads.
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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by dhimes on Saturday December 15, 2012 @10:58AM (#4925501)
But can you disable data mining? Honest question. I don't use them.
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Re:Google Disabling Exchange Sync for Free Accounts by prebrov on Sunday December 16, 2012 @11:38AM (#4928674)
My point exactly. Google Apps TOS clearly grants them rights to mine the data.
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