Gmail

[Orgazmo]

Google is turning pimp. Very pimp. They're releasing a new email service, Gmail, which boasts 1 gig of storage per user...for free. Incredible.

Take a look here.

[AcTivE]

Thats a lot of storage. About 500x as much as yahoo.

[St. Anky]

i never even fill up my email...

[renovo]

I check my e-mail everyday. I seem to never get above 15 messages per day. Is that much storage really neccessary? I would not use it, unless I wanted to make myself bigger, and I wanted young red headed teens sent to me via e-mail.

[Orgazmo]

I think the point of making a gig available is that most people would never even come close to using it all. While other places offer 2mb...maybe up to 5 in some cases, that's still an amount that you have to worry about deleting some of your shit. With gmail, no matter what email you get, you don't have to delete it...ever.

Another feature that they're pushing is their email search...which is basically the web search tweaked to suit the email users. Basically, you don't have to sort your emails at all...ever. If you ever want to look at emails from a certain person, or if you want to read a certain email, you can just search for it and it'll come up. Not bad at all, if you ask me.

[AcTivE]

their targeted ads will do VERY well. good move by google imho

Is this gb available for transfer (and possibly psueudo-storage) of files? If so sign me up just for that purpose alone.

[buckeye]

If storage is possible that would be sweet as fuck, id hate to see the money they would have to drop on servers, bandwidth and what not to maintain a site like that, if it were true.

[AcTivE]

http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cf...734&u_id=58474

[Alpha]

Originally posted by AcTivE:
http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cf...734&u_id=58474

I didn't realy understnad why people are having a problem with gmail. Why is that all bad?

I think it's scary that you can't delete an email even if you choose to.

[benegesseritwitch]

Yes, a person should have the choice to be able to delete the email...

[AcTivE]

Originally posted by Alpha:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by AcTivE:
http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cf...734&u_id=58474

I didn't realy understnad why people are having a problem with gmail. Why is that all bad?</font>[/quote]Your emails are scanned to show relevant ads. That is why it's bad.

[Idontwanna]

I still think that having so much space would be kick ass! The privacy issue isnt all that bad, unless someone is actually reading through all of your email. If a computer was doing it, then it wouldnt be too horrible.

[benegesseritwitch]

Yes, but there are the people sitting behind the computers.
I would want to have all that space to store crap from my computer on it though..

[Orgazmo]

The article says it's bad because "it's like having a massive billboard in the middle of your home." What the fuck does it matter if you have a massive billboard in the middle of your home...so long as you know it's going to be there when you move into the home (the home...which is 100 times larger than other homes...and free).

Also, I don't give a shit if a computer processes my email for ads...or even if I can't delete my email. If you do care...don't sign up for the service. It's really a simple fix.

Gaz hit the nail on the head.

We were pointing out why someone might be opposed to it, but naturally capitalism is the purest form of all things, and if you don't like the service, don't sign up for it. Plain and simple.

[ April 18, 2004, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: DJ FC ]

[AcTivE]

I think that it is wrong...but I also think it is outweighed by the amount of diskspace they offer.

It is definately going to be making a lot of money for Google I think... It's not like a Billboard in your living room, it's like Billboard that follows you around, listens to your converstations, and shows you relevant items that you might be interested in purchasing.

[f3lix]

Does anybody else find this ironic? A California Senator says "We think it's an absolute invasion of privacy. It's like having a massive billboard in the middle of your home", yet the Patriot Act signed after 9/11/01 allows government agencies to search and read ALL emails written throughout the United States. What exactly is the difference here; or did that senator ALSO not read the Patriot Act before voting yes to it?

[Beebs]

I agree with Orgazmo, if you don't want the ads, DON'T SIGN UP FOR THE FUCKING SERVICE ASSHOLE!

[yardobeef]

yeah its not like theyre forcing people to join, its a choice, they arent violating any rights