Letter:Google:Gmail Basic HTML: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "To whom it may concern, I'd like to kindly ask for you to keep providing the Gmail Basic HTML interface in 2024 onward. There are millions of users who use older devices and can't afford to upgrade. The full-featured Gmail is CPU & RAM intensive, which makes it very slow on older laptops. Some older phones don't even support a browser that can use it. If your data shows that very few people use the Basic HTML interface, it may be because not enough people know about...") |
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I'd like to kindly ask for you to keep providing the Gmail Basic HTML interface in 2024 onward. | '''I'd like to kindly ask for you to keep providing the Gmail Basic HTML interface in 2024 onward.''' | ||
There are millions of users who use older devices and can't afford to upgrade. The full-featured Gmail is CPU & RAM intensive, which makes it very slow on older laptops. Some older phones don't even support a browser that can use it. | There are millions of users who use older devices and can't afford to upgrade. The full-featured Gmail is CPU & RAM intensive, which makes it very slow on older laptops. Some older phones don't even support a browser that can use it. | ||
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If your data shows that very few people use the Basic HTML interface, it may be because not enough people know about it. | If your data shows that very few people use the Basic HTML interface, it may be because not enough people know about it. | ||
Manufacturing is one of the biggest contributors to climate change, and old electronics still end up polluting Africa and Asia. When companies fail to support old devices, it just adds fuel to this fire. We're not asking to keep the HTML | Manufacturing is one of the biggest contributors to [[climate change]], and old electronics still end up [[e-waste|polluting Africa and Asia]]. When companies fail to support old devices, it just adds fuel to this fire. We're '''not''' asking to keep the HTML interface updated with every feature, just to keep it '''available'''. | ||
The cost of providing it is probably far less than the extra bandwidth that the full-featured Gmail uses anyway. | The cost of providing it is probably far less than the extra bandwidth that the full-featured Gmail uses anyway. | ||
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Hoping you make the right decision, | Hoping you make the right decision, | ||
Elie | [[User:Elie|Elie]] | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Revision as of 14:45, 1 November 2023
To whom it may concern,
I'd like to kindly ask for you to keep providing the Gmail Basic HTML interface in 2024 onward.
There are millions of users who use older devices and can't afford to upgrade. The full-featured Gmail is CPU & RAM intensive, which makes it very slow on older laptops. Some older phones don't even support a browser that can use it.
If your data shows that very few people use the Basic HTML interface, it may be because not enough people know about it.
Manufacturing is one of the biggest contributors to climate change, and old electronics still end up polluting Africa and Asia. When companies fail to support old devices, it just adds fuel to this fire. We're not asking to keep the HTML interface updated with every feature, just to keep it available.
The cost of providing it is probably far less than the extra bandwidth that the full-featured Gmail uses anyway.
Hoping you make the right decision,
Where to send this
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