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I sometimes cannot tell if HN users are being sarcastic, or are genuinely out of touch with how people use technology. You're not a typical user if you have Th
by ACS_Solver 6y ago
I sometimes cannot tell if HN users are being sarcastic, or are genuinely out of touch with how people use technology.
You're not a typical user if you have Thunderbird, let alone Evolution. Gmail is the de-facto standard provider for personal email. People use web clients on their computers, and either the Gmail app or Apple's apps on mobile. Those load images by default, and render HTML. If you're using Thunderbird on your PC or K-9 on your Android, you're in a minority, and your habits don't reflect the vast masses targeted by marketers.
- Macha 6y agoGmail for web and android does not load remote assets by default. images have to be either attached or in data URLs to load from most senders (only your contacts and whitelisted senders get a pass).
- stiray 6y agoSo what you want to say is that glitch that was fixed 20 years back in all major email clients is back and the "de-facto standard provider for personal email" has neglected it?! Probably deliberately. Nice. With a huge facepalm. I wonder if they will also add support to run .pif files. /s I really didn't know that, haven't used gmail from the times when it was invite only, I prefer better email clients than the default one (now that you have told me this - even more) and I am happy camper with my own mail server for even longer while on the other side I don't have time to track how far the Idiocracy[1] has progressed It was 9 mail[2], not K-9. Firewalled to be able to access to only my and company domain. But yes. I am not typical user. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA [2] https://www.9folders.com/en/index.html https://www.9folders.com/en/index.html