But why do they need to remove the functionality? It's been working fine for around 2 decades.
As a user of the feature, this is supremely annoying. They didn't even send me a warning message it will be discontinued.
As a user of the feature, this is supremely annoying. They didn't even send me a warning message it will be discontinued.
So, removing POP (where they need to download emails to their servers), and only supporting IMAP (where emails stay on the third-party server) via their GMail app, that would be consistent with a policy to store as little personal data as possible. (it could also be completely unrelated :)