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tripzilch on Jan 22, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Every Google result now looks like an ad

> Unless I misunderstood, that is something you disable in each (google)app that has that "feature".

> In Gmail for instance: settings: General settings:

> Open links in gmail. Turn on for "faster" browsing.

I changed this setting, but now I clicked a link in gmail and indeed it opens via Firefox, but it still gets redirected through a google-URL before getting to the real page. I want to disable that behaviour most of all.

sm4rk0 on Jan 22, 2020 [–]

Then use a generic email client instead of Gmail mobile app or web email interface.

SmellyGeekBoy on Jan 23, 2020 | [–]

The Fastmail app is very good, for example.

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