The Basic HTML function was helpful for people dealing with a slow internet connection but wanted to read their email.
reminder that it’s (still) possible to use a standard mail client
Thunderbird. Or any other mail client that downloads your emails. Especially useful if you have multiple accounts.
And for the scenario this particular article builds on - slow internet connections - this has always been the better option anyway. The only places where the basic HTML webmail really will be missed are on devices that won’t let you install a mail client, but offer you some rudimentary (not full-fledged) browser.
When will they shutdown Google Search?
But every dollar that goes into supporting it is a dollar that’s not going into executive pay packages and stock dividends.
And enshittification marches on.
I won’t be able to read my email in my Pine text based web browser anymore :(
Ah but you will! You can, and this wouldn’t affect that at all.
