257m@sh.itjust.works to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoGoogle is putting ads in gmail. WTF?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1615arrow-down179file-text
arrow-up1536arrow-down1imageGoogle is putting ads in gmail. WTF?sh.itjust.works257m@sh.itjust.works to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square221fedilinkfile-text
Why would anyone use this over Proton Mail or the gazillion alternatives if it treats people like shit.
minus-squaretheneverfoxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat’s called a dark pattern, and Google has been gaining a reputation for using them. I totally believe it
minus-squareDanglingFury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoDark pattern, i learned something new today, thank you. Using that term had led me to others who notice it as well. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31314672
minus-squaretheneverfoxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoGlad to help, and it goes the other way too - teaching others the concept spreads the ability to notice it Seeing as you saw fuckery afoot before you were primed to see it, I doubt I need to sell you on the importance of spreading the concept
That’s called a dark pattern, and Google has been gaining a reputation for using them. I totally believe it
Dark pattern, i learned something new today, thank you. Using that term had led me to others who notice it as well.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31314672
Glad to help, and it goes the other way too - teaching others the concept spreads the ability to notice it
Seeing as you saw fuckery afoot before you were primed to see it, I doubt I need to sell you on the importance of spreading the concept