It seemed as though you were hinting that it was some kind of evil money making scheme. I only meant to point out that it isn't nearly as evil, for every reason Evenwolf pointed out.
Calling Fox Mulder! We have someone who can read minds! And it's a good thing that someone has the power to point out what I was actually thinking even though I wasn't actually thinking it.
But seriously, I wasn't implying it was an "evil" scheme, so please don't second guess me. However, it is a money making scheme because Google is a company like any other -- profit is their motive. I also said it's similar to the stuff in iPod thread though less scummy because, as I said, there's no sale of info to spammers. And the ad companies seem more legit with Google than your usual "HERBAL VIAGRA AND DEBT CONSOLIDATION".
I'm not against Gmail -- I'm just staing the obvious: They're going to make a dump truck full of money from the ads.
I've read a lot of horror stories about the privacy policy, so I read through the entirety of the terms and conditions. To my understanding, no personal information is given away or sold and the sole reason it is probed (by bots only) is to give relevant ads, just like when you use the search engine.
Which is pretty much what I said.
The only way I could see personal mail being leaked is by the clause which states that if a subpoena was issued, they'd give up the mail readily. Basically, I didn't see anything in there that I wouldn't expect from every other free service.
I'm not saying that there is a difference. I'm sure Google's privacy policy is perfectly legit, and I said so previously. But what I am saying is that Gmail is using the 1gig mailbox as an incentive for customers and such a move is going to make them lots of $$$.
So, I don't see why you have to read things into what I'm saying. I'm not hinting anything here.
