reminder that trusting Google, or any centralized entity, with your personal data leads toward dysfunctional, authoritarian walled gardens: "Gmail’s API lockdown will kill some third-party app access, starting July 15" https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/06/gmails-api-lockdown-will-kill-some-third-party-app-access-starting-july-15/
@yogthos The changes are actually good for privacy, although I don't use Gmail and would never recommend it. But this killed me:
"One absolute doozy of a requirement kicks in if the app stores user data on a third-party server (...) a third-party security audit"
Doozy, FFS?! I bet even Arstechnica had a "security audit" once or twice...
@yogthos exactly, that's why I don't use it
@kravietz yeah I'm really glad I finally moved off Google this year. On a related note, running your own nextcloud turns out to be pretty straightforward. Although I'm not brave enough to manage my own email server. :) I ended up settling on fastmail for now.
@kravietz the issue is that Google gets to decide how you interact with your data though.