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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (7 children)

They became obviously evil in 2004 when they introduced Gmail, and flat out said in their ToC that they are reading your email and selling your data.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Iirc Google doesn't sell data in the traditional sense, they package profiles for advertisers and their own ad network, but they don't outright sell individual data. I could be wrong though.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    They read every word of your email. Not a human, but a computer. Putting together a profile that is far larger than “advertising.” It’s literally every single thing you do everything you buy and get a receipt for, every service that you are Using. Every single thing that comes through your Gmail

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    I understand all that, but point is that they don't necessarily sell you profile or data points to a third party, they use all of that for their own targeted advertising

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