Investor: Gmail is becoming a dumb pipe for my agents — will Google charge an agent tax?
thechrisperry · x · 2026-09-25
Google shareholder @petergyang laments that Gmail is turning into a 'dumb pipe' for his AI agents, with value captured by agents rather than the inbox itself. thechrisperry follows up: if the trend continues, what stops Google from charging an 'agent tax' on Gmail reads? The exchange highlights the looming platform-vs-agent economics: when the consumer of data is a machine, metered access fees look increasingly plausible.
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