China’s blocking of third-party applications for Gmail puts the final nail in the coffin for accessing foreign email using the world’s largest email provider.
Millions of users were furious. But here’s a list of positives:
- Perfect excuse to cut ties with foreign friends or relatives
- Up to 24 percent less notifications to join LinkedIn
- Feeds growing nostalgia for failed Qing Dynasty policies
- Excuse to check if old Yahoo account still exists
- China Post offers reliable, non-working alternative
- You’d been meaning to live like a hermit anyway
- Good a time as any to leave clothes on beach and try out new identity
- Baidu already has crappy rip-off in the pipeline
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