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I presume this is for applying rate-limiting, so their API doesn't get utterly abused

• rendaw 2y ago
  And for vacuuming up personal data, because why not both.
  • ruszki 2y ago
    It’s pretty obvious after their data grab with the new Outlook. They destroyed the built-in app which I used all the time just to try to get all of my emails.
    • HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
      > It’s pretty obvious after their data grab with the new Outlook. What did they do this time?
      • kotaKat 2y ago
        The New Outlook(tm) is an Edge Webview to the cloud. In the stupidest twist of fate, you cannot open Outlook offline, at all. There is no concept of "offline" in the New Outlook. I assume this is Microsoft forcing away the issues of the past of 50+GB OST files by making Outlook a glorified webmail client instead. Oh, and Microsoft Teams? You can open that offline and it's got a full cached experience. Innovation at its finest!
      • password4321 2y ago
        20231128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38441710 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38441710 New Outlook is good, both for yourself and 766 third parties 20231110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38217457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38217457 Microsoft steals access data: Beware of the new Outlook (German) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38219568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38219568 dupe/English) 20231109 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38212453 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38212453 Windows 11 Update 23H2 is stealing users' IMAP credentials > the new Outlook is a thin wrapper around the cloud version, so the IMAP sync happens in the cloud, not locally
• RajT88 2y ago
  They can do that other ways...your system already has a bunch of unique identifiers built into it they could use.