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Re:Gmail’s API lockdown will kill some third-party app acces... by TeMPOraL on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:11AM (#20305088)
Sure, and marketing which expects people to use their standard of "being reasonable", while the service being offered under a different standard of "being reasonable", is essentially bait and switch. That only a small subset of customers notice it doesn't make it more OK, it only shows the company is not dumb.
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Re:Gmail’s API lockdown will kill some third-party app acces... by criddell on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:20PM (#20305930)
I don't know if I'd call it a bait-and-switch. Gmail is an email service and the purpose is to send and receive emails. Getting upset that you can't use it as a general purpose storage service isn't reasonable (IMHO). There was no baiting in this regard.
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