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It's been disabled by default for years, as far as I know. Not sure why they'd deprecated it now. EDIT: A quick search shows it was always disabled by default,

It's been disabled by default for years, as far as I know. Not sure why they'd deprecated it now. EDIT: A quick search shows it was always disabled by default, since 2007, when it launched.

TomMarius 8y ago
Doesn't that support GP's argument? Seems like they really don't want anyone to use it, since the beginning.
- vetinari 8y ago
  The Gmail concepts do not really map very well to IMAP and traditional mail clients. They do provide a custom API that does mirror their semantic for that.
  - TomMarius 8y ago
    Not today, I agree. It was just an ordinary email up until a few years ago though.
    - micv 8y ago
      Gmail's labels have always been an arse to map on to normal IMAP-based email.
- int_19h 8y ago
  The replacement API that GMail offers (which reflects their different approach) is open and free to use, so it's not really an issue, as third-party apps can support it. And many, in fact, do. That's not the case for YouTube, though, which is exactly why it's a problem when GMail isn't.