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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: more gmails for xmasRe: more gmails for xmas
From: Nicolas Touillaud <n.touillaud_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:51:33 +0100 the ads are quite discrete (no image, just 4 lines of text in the left collum), but maybe google target an inconcious level :) But there is no ad using pop3/smtp (or so I believe, I've never received a gmail message this way) Anyway, you're not forced to keep anything (but we have a natural tendency to do so with 1G of free space). And when the web interface works with your browser (firefox rulez !!! :) it is very practical. The "ethical" problem of the targetted ads is a long run debat, really nothing to do with Rockbox, there are plenty of forums full of such threads (mostly against such system). Nicolas On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:21:28 -0800 (PST), scott <die_pokemon_die123_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net> wrote: > > I love the idea that they use "targetted advertising" as a Selling Point - > > LMAO ...If I'm obliged to see adverts, I would rather they were for things > > I have absolutely NO interest in (tins of spam, penis expanders and things > > like that) ;) > > > > And HOW do they work out what my interests are? ...They read > > (electronically) every email I have stored in MY 1GB of acount space! > > They work the same way google's adsense program does. It just looks for > keywords and puts links related to them. I've never minded them. At least they > have text ads instead of banners/popups/flash. > > > Well, it STILL won't work with Opera - so ... /me <shrugs> and continues to > > struggle on with POP3 ...Ooohhh the pain - LOL > > Opera 8 supports gmail, but it's currently still in beta. > > -scott > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-12-28 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |