As a former owner of an apparently popular gmail address: can confirm. The really sad thing about it is that it exposes major flaws about the way we think abou

As a former owner of an apparently popular gmail address: can confirm. The really sad thing about it is that it exposes major flaws about the way we think about users and techonology. * Lots of highly profitable and seemingly reputable sites give zero fucks about unsubscribe requests, don't require email verification and have no reasonable way of getting in touch with support staff. * Considering the amount of errors stemming from failure to understand the concept of unique email addresses, lots of people who shouldn't use the net still insist on doing so. No clever app design or UX patterns can withstand the failure to grasp the most common uniquely identifying online token we have. * A lot of the people mentioned above probably insist on using the net because they don't have a choice: Everything comes with an app or a web site and requires online registration just to harvest whatever is the desired user data du jour. Depending on where you live, even using official government services might require going online.