> We need to be able to resist Google. You may observe in real time how > ready they are to comply with an authoritarian regime: It has long been > extremely dangerous how much of a chokehold they have on digital > ecosystems. Being complacent with “everyone uses Google, so let’s have > it their way” is not a tenable position.
Please let's not turn this into a political discussion. As Luca pointed out, it's not just Google: most of the popular email clients behave the same way.