On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 05:19:28PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:10:35 +0200 > <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote:
[...]
> > > less secure apps" option, and then configure POP3 / SMTP normally.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Google's evil comes through the backdoor, without making any noise,
> > like Wormtongue.
>
> Explain, please?
Allow me to be short, since off-topic for this thread and most probably
off-topic for the list.
In the specific case above, first of all, definitional power ("we get
to say what is secure").
In general,
- dominance on the server (adwords, visibility in search engines...)
and on the client (Chrome/Chromium, Android) side.
- mindshare: developers get used to do things "the Google way"
- mindshare (II): users perceive an app as broken if it works
differently
- subtle behavioural knowledge about almost anyone on or near
the 'net
(I'm sure you can think of two or three more).
IMO they're far too big.
Cheers
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