TIL that email senders can pay for sorting placement in the "social" and "promotions" tabs of gmail inbox:

themarkup.org/google-the-giant

@sneak speaking as a person using email to have control over what I read (therefore, what I think), I don't think this practice is right 🙅🏽‍♀️

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@manil people choose this when they choose gmail. nobody forces them to use gmail.

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