Also, why are you so eagerly defending the big guy/monopolist in the room. Is this the attitude of an entrepreneur or hacker? One that is part of the "hacker news" community?
If you think this feature (which you don’t need to use) is a “trick” that has no value that is fine - explain why no one should use it - give some examples etc
Stop with the whole focus on other posters motivations, calling them “toxic fanatics” etc.
Google has lots of competitors - the big one is exchange / outlook - which has a confidential email mode. For a list of competitors look here:
https://www.datanyze.com/market-share/email-hosting
It’s not unreasonable for them to add a feature to better compete with MS. I didn’t even see Protonmail on that pie chart
For example
"I guess it can't be proved that this guy is a shill for AWS. But this kind of toxic fanatism(yet trying to sound logical) is just harmful for the HN community.
dang: Can this kind of behavior be punished?"
as an earlier comment around something to do with AWS. Why does someone "trying to sound logical" mean they are a "shill" or a "toxic fanatic"?
In this thread I'm called a "toxic fanatic" and there is a claim about my support for monopolies and my lack of desire for competition (all of which is totally untrue in actual fact) with no substance regarding the value (or not) of the privacy / confidentiality feature google introduced. I'm also threatened with a ban.