Gmail is not my primary email, and I access Gmail via IMAP only. In any event I don't think what they see would be that useful. My Google Reader usage is more closely aligned with my interests, but I rarely star anything so they won't know the difference between feeds/articles that are genuinely interesting to me, and those that I use just to ensure I am up to date.
The manufacturer of my car has never displayed an ad trying to get me to take it in for a service, or sing the merits of the newest model that hits home for an existing owner. The various credit related ads seem to think I don't know money is fungible, or that I can't count. The various health and beauty products are extremely misguided. The food related ads are beyond stupid. The cell related ones assume that ETFs don't exist. I can go on, and on ....
The manufacturer of my car has never displayed an ad trying to get me to take it in for a service, or sing the merits of the newest model that hits home for an existing owner. The various credit related ads seem to think I don't know money is fungible, or that I can't count. The various health and beauty products are extremely misguided. The food related ads are beyond stupid. The cell related ones assume that ETFs don't exist. I can go on, and on ....