Comment Mossberg suggests paid ad-free Google Gmail (Score 5, Informative) 205
Here's an upcoming test of Mossberg power:
He suggests in today's Wall Street Journal that Google should offer an ad-free Gmail for a nominal fee, much like Slashdot's ad-free version.
In its current form, he fears that Gmail, will undermine Google's integrity, something that is perhaps more important than their technology. He says, "I'm calling on Google to preserve its sterling reputation for honesty and customer focus by offering an alternative form of the new Gmail service. The company should offer Gmail accounts without the ads, and without the scanning, for a modest annual fee. That would put the choice where Google has always placed it: in the hands of its users."
Here's the link, but unfortunately you'll need to be a WSJ online subscriber to see it:
Clean Image Is So Key To Google's Success, Why Take Gmail Risk?
He suggests in today's Wall Street Journal that Google should offer an ad-free Gmail for a nominal fee, much like Slashdot's ad-free version.
In its current form, he fears that Gmail, will undermine Google's integrity, something that is perhaps more important than their technology. He says, "I'm calling on Google to preserve its sterling reputation for honesty and customer focus by offering an alternative form of the new Gmail service. The company should offer Gmail accounts without the ads, and without the scanning, for a modest annual fee. That would put the choice where Google has always placed it: in the hands of its users."
Here's the link, but unfortunately you'll need to be a WSJ online subscriber to see it:
Clean Image Is So Key To Google's Success, Why Take Gmail Risk?
