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Originally Posted by ChinaLamb
Nothing in life is free. You make much more money for Google, Microsoft, etc. By using their service. They make money scanning your email, learning your likes and dislikes, learning how long you look at different ads, then aggregating that info with data they buy about you from facebook, Twitter, etc. This all gets combined to sell you products and advertising, and to target you in many ways. Using those other services, you are paying them with personalized information about your private emails.
Choose whose game you want to play.
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Spot on! At least FM gives you some privacy. I'm still surprised that so many people are willing to use G-mail considering the company's reputation for spying.
Rule of life: if something is "free", that means "you" are the product that's being sold. TV sells viewers to advertisers, that's why show ratings are so important. The more viewers a show has, the higher the cost of the commercials.
If an e-mail service is "free" it means your info is being watched.