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submitted 1 year ago by 257m@sh.itjust.works to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

Why would anyone use this over Proton Mail or the gazillion alternatives if it treats people like shit.

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[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 150 points 1 year ago

These ads only appear in the "promotions" section of Gmail, the section that is by definition for advertising emails. It's not great, but this is the least intrusive place to put ads.

[-] admiralteal@kbin.social 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Whoa, there's remotely tech-savvy people who don't turn off 100% of that "new" inbox sorting stuff? Color me surprised.

That Social/Updates/Promotion shit is absolutely trash shit garbage useless. It does nothing to improve email experience. It exists to serve you ads.

[-] ayaya@lemdro.id 41 points 1 year ago

As someone who enjoyed Google Inbox before they killed it, it hurts to read this comment.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

I loved Inbox. I hate everything that was supposed to replace it. Spark isn't the worst thing in the world, but it's not nearly as smart. Shortwave may be ok but my only IOS device isn't set up to receive email and I haven't bothered to try it since the Android app is new. Gmail is terrible. Outlook is Outlook.

Inbox worked in a way that my brain immediately understood and adapted to.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I didn't even try it because I knew Google would kill it later like other products.

[-] admiralteal@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used Inbox too, and also liked it.

But these gmail features aren't remotely like inbox. They hide the emails behind alternate tabs. Ones you cannot configure yourself. With nearly no indication instead of putting them front and center (but grouped together). They make it harder to see and understand your inbox instead of easier. This post being a perfect example -- tons of people didn't even understand what was going on because of how awful the feature is.

Inbox was killed and its main features lost with it. They were not folded into gmail.

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

What I do is I create rules with which I tag emails and auto archive them. This moves them to "folders" in a way I decide and removes them from the inbox. They all are still in the all mail tab.

I also archive all the mail after processing it so that "clear the inbox" feeling that Inbox had is not lost.

I still prefer Inbox to Gmail but I emulated all the features I used.

[-] LameName3000@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

That's weird, I feel like it does improve my experience. I like how it categorizes my emails.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there's like three tabs there I don't need to look at.

[-] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can turn on and off tabs. But if you turn them on, you're going to get ads.

I've been getting these ads for months now, and am slowly working on moving to proton/k9. I imgine it's going to suck getting similar filters set up for my mail, though.

2023 is easily the worst year in the history of the internet, every big company can go fuck itself imo

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Never noticed an ad in the Primary tab. They appear in the others. I genuinely never look there as it's just three extra tabs of spam I don't need to see.

If any of my wanted email is there, I guess I'll see it when I use the search function. That also doesn't have ads. So far.

[-] LdyMeow@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Shit I was confused I’ve never seen this, but I assume I am have all that turned off. Still moving away from gmail though. Protonmail, mentioned by someone else, is what im using, but I think having your own domain and just having someone host the data is probably the best bet

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I agree with you 100%. That's what I did. Registered a domain for 10 years, and use the free version of Zoho mail. It may or may not be enough, depending on if you regularly clean your emails or not, since each of the allowed 5 users gets only 5GB of storage space. There are plenty of alternatives out there to do this, all of them with their pros and cons.

[-] yacht_boy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Are you kidding? It filters out 90% of my inbox so I don't have to look at it, but keeps it available for me in case I want it later. It's one of my favorite features Gmail.

[-] refoux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've still been using the HTML version on desktop. I just got a notice that it'll be discontinued come 2024. It's actually a nice nudge to de Gmail myself.

[-] nyandere@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep. It's always the first thing I do with all new gmail accounts. It's garbage.

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