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Gmail introduces ads in the form of emails

6 points by marinos ↗ HN
I checked my inbox this morning and I noticed this under the Promotions tab. Native ads in the form of emails in Gmail.

1) http://i.imgur.com/1HrzZhs.png

2) http://i.imgur.com/klmxqwp.png

Good or bad? What do you think?

8 comments

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Gaurav322
Now Google Adwords starts one more way of PPC marketing. It is great for advertisers and bad for users.

Now, Google works for profit only, not for user convenience...

chrisBob
Guess who google's paying customer is?

Hint: its not you. If you want a better email service then pay for it.

filipedeschamps
"Don't be evil"
MrMeker
"To your shareholders."
jjdro
It's not evil if it's ads that are relevant to you right? Might as well go whole hog and pull an Amazon putting ads your lock screen too
MildlySerious
Isn't that exactly why we moved away from other freemail services, back in the days?
Gustomaximus
This is part of the ongoing downfall of Google. They held it together for so long but we seem to have reached the tipping point where monetisation is replacing user experience.

My verdict: This is bad and too intrusive.