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> In exchange for free mails, would you let your postman open your letters, read them, and insert ads related to their contents? Note that this is not the case

> In exchange for free mails, would you let your postman open your letters, read them, and insert ads related to their contents? Note that this is not the case anymore: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/technology/gmail-ads.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/technology/gmail-ads.html We never did that for G Suite, but with this announcement we also stopped doing it for consumer. Disclaimer: Googler working on Gmail. Please stay :-)

exodust 8y ago
I think the author's advice is more aligned with moving away from Google products in general. See step 10 of his list. Although he does contradict himself by admitting he will stick with Maps and Docs. His article is basically an ad for Fastmail. Whether he intended that or not, it's the impression I get. Fastmail costs about the same as G-Suite, but with less features, so it will take some will power for people to adopt his 10 step program.
svnpenn 8y ago
maybe fix your garbage email client? http://github.com/dominictarr/your-web-app-is-bloated http://github.com/dominictarr/your-web-app-is-bloated
- Splines 8y ago
  That's why I use the basic html version of gmail. It loads instantly. Going to the new one is agony.
  - justaj 8y ago
    Have you noticed that you have to enable JS and XHR in order to login to the HTML view? Otherwise I get a "Corrupted Content Error". That's pretty strange.
- ryacko 8y ago
  We buy SSDs to have our web apps take multiple seconds to load.
- dang 8y ago
  Please don't be a jerk on HN, regardless of how you feel about email clients. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mixedmath 8y ago
I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I wonder: from my perspective, it seems that the trends in gmail have been towards a bulkier, slower design. And I hear tech friends complain similarly. How does the Gmail team feel about it? It might be that the team thought that a heavier page with a mighty footprint delivers an overall better product. Or perhaps the team has an entirely different view?
adipasquale 8y ago
Author here, I have edited the article to note that the analogy is mistaken. Sorry I had completely missed that piece of news.

exodust 8y ago

I think the author's advice is more aligned with moving away from Google products in general. See step 10 of his list. Although he does contradict himself by admitting he will stick with Maps and Docs. His article is basically an ad for Fastmail. Whether he intended that or not, it's the impression I get. Fastmail costs about the same as G-Suite, but with less features, so it will take some will power for people to adopt his 10 step program.

svnpenn 8y ago

maybe fix your garbage email client? http://github.com/dominictarr/your-web-app-is-bloated http://github.com/dominictarr/your-web-app-is-bloated

Splines 8y ago
That's why I use the basic html version of gmail. It loads instantly. Going to the new one is agony.
- justaj 8y ago
  Have you noticed that you have to enable JS and XHR in order to login to the HTML view? Otherwise I get a "Corrupted Content Error". That's pretty strange.
ryacko 8y ago
We buy SSDs to have our web apps take multiple seconds to load.
dang 8y ago
Please don't be a jerk on HN, regardless of how you feel about email clients. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

mixedmath 8y ago

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I wonder: from my perspective, it seems that the trends in gmail have been towards a bulkier, slower design. And I hear tech friends complain similarly. How does the Gmail team feel about it? It might be that the team thought that a heavier page with a mighty footprint delivers an overall better product. Or perhaps the team has an entirely different view?

adipasquale 8y ago

Author here, I have edited the article to note that the analogy is mistaken. Sorry I had completely missed that piece of news.