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Internet Privacy and Google's Gmail
BrentL Started conversation Apr 8, 2004
I find it really, really hard to understand what all the fuss is about Google scanning my email in order to drop in "relevant" advertising.
1. It's free! And no-one is obliged to use it.
2. Many people will be happy to get away from the hideous folder paradigm.
3. Banning or fiddling with Gmail is just like banning or fiddling with (put your favourite cause or defended right here) -- if you don't like it, don't use it. If you don't even like to send mail to friends who use it, then don't. Nobody's taking away your freedom to be a non-user of Gmail, so don't mess with the freedom of those who want to be users.
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