Verizon is now selling placement in AOL and Yahoo email accounts under the truly Orwellian term "View Time Optimization". blog.postmaster.verizonmedia.com/post/614837938… 
At the same time, they're saying that spy pixels that gather this data is a violation of their ToS and policies. But at the same time, they're thrilled to sell data on their customers. What a fucking swamp. postmaster.verizonmedia.com/email-delivera…
Your inbox is being turned into the same algorithmic mess that you know and love from the Facebook newsfeed and Twitter's top tweets. Vultures like Verizon are happy to sell access to people's inbox and game their attention. I couldn't have dreamt up better advertisement for HEY!
So here's the pledge: hey.com is never going to turn your inbox into an algorithmic feed with data or placement for sale. It'll be a really simple transaction: You pay us money, we give you an email service you control.
