Re:How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates
by kbenson on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @03:56PM
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> as a user, I am perfectly within my rights to automatically classify it into its own section
Of course you are. That was meant as a call to arms. If people want less commercial email, supporting businesses that make that a priority is the first step.
Complaining publicly about unwanted behavior in commercial companies and then continuing to use the services of those companies when alternatives exist (which they may not always) is hypocritical. OTOH, complaining to the companies about those practices is beneficial.
Why should I have to? Promotional mail is not like banner ads that a site may be depending on for most of its revenue (and many people are comfortable filtering those out despite that); it's just an annoying extra, which can always be opted out of with a few clicks anyway. But if I don't want to do that for whatever reason - perhaps I do want to receive the mail but not clutter up my regular inbox with it, perhaps I'm just lazy - as a user, I am perfectly within my rights to automatically classify it into its own section.