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dingleberry420 | 3 years ago

Oh no, the user has to press a button. Let's completely destroy privacy and complicate EVERYTHING just to save them that one click. Worth it.

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_fat_santa|3 years ago

Yeah but the same argument could be made for the web. Why build a react app that complicates everything instead of just a plain HTML site. The simple answer is use cases, if you're delivering a simple email with a notification then no you do not need something like this, but some will have a case where they do need to reach for something like this. It's no different than web or mobile development. If we shunned every piece of tech that had potentially nefarious uses cases then we would still be stuck in the stone age.

dmitriid|3 years ago

> Yeah but the same argument could be made for the web. Why build a react app that complicates everything instead of just a plain HTML site.

Yes. Yes!! Exactly the same argument can be made about the web. Why is the answer to this "let's do the same in email" and not "why don't we work to reduce overengineering and complexity"?

czstar|3 years ago

Humans prefer to have barriers to completing a task removed. No clicks is much better than one click and privacy is almost completely dead. Privacy will slowly die unless there are major changes legally and culturally. It’s worthy to fight against the loss of privacy. I think it will be a losing fight though.

bcrl|3 years ago

Meanwhile, let's make it impossible to click on a button to obtain support from Google when you need it (and are willing to pay for it).