> Should we be categorically rejecting a class of application?
What you mean, "we"?
I categorically reject any third party getting their nose in my email, including Google.
> How much value is privacy vs. value of those services?
Correcting the question to "is the loss of privacy worth the value provided", again, my answer is absolutely not.
On this point, though, it is less about 'privacy' than it is trust. How much do you trust some random startup techbros with more entitlement than sense with everything in your inbox? Not that that's every startup, but it is enough of them.
But in general, I frankly don't understand why anyone invites random third parties to read their mail. That's crazy to me. Maybe select family, or (if I were way richer) agents with a contractual relationship.
>>But in general, I frankly don't understand why anyone invites random third parties to read their mail. That's crazy to me. Maybe select family, or (if I were way richer) agents with a contractual relationship.
It's ignorance, plain and simple.
Most people (even those with tech experience) don't understand, or care, about the reach of that the companies they rely on have.
Convenience comes at a price, always.
Even if Google were to simplify their ToS and app permission notices as much as possible, a good portion of users would blindly click 'o.k.' and move on.
What you mean, "we"?
I categorically reject any third party getting their nose in my email, including Google.
> How much value is privacy vs. value of those services?
Correcting the question to "is the loss of privacy worth the value provided", again, my answer is absolutely not.
On this point, though, it is less about 'privacy' than it is trust. How much do you trust some random startup techbros with more entitlement than sense with everything in your inbox? Not that that's every startup, but it is enough of them.
But in general, I frankly don't understand why anyone invites random third parties to read their mail. That's crazy to me. Maybe select family, or (if I were way richer) agents with a contractual relationship.