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@TechTangents@dialup.space

2026-05-17 13:41 UTC

I pay for Google Workspace to host custom email domains so they don't get blocked by the cartel. And gmail has stupid AI nonsense in it (that is broken and impossible to disable without support due to the age of the account, I don't use it). But the thing that drives me the most nuts about it is its insistence on replacing idioms with bland corpo speak. I get that these don't translate well to other languages. But sanitizing all language down to a lowest common denominator is awful.

Replies (8)

  • @kawa@mas.to 2026-05-17 14:00

    @TechTangents@dialup.space Yeeecch.

    Open ##3241434

  • @dryak@mstdn.science 2026-05-17 14:14

    @TechTangents@dialup.space ...and the saddest part is that Google is the least bad option among the email-blocking cartel. (Outlook 365, I am looking at you!) I am extremely lucky that I don't need to run my own domain's e-mails through the cartel, but my use-case is rather the exception...

    Open ##3241435

  • @leeloo@c.im 2026-05-17 14:19

    @TechTangents@dialup.space Did they drop support for IMAP?

    Open ##3241441

  • @natkr@hachyderm.io 2026-05-17 14:23

    @TechTangents@dialup.space "Cleanup" indeed.

    Open ##3241444

  • @colinstu@birdbutt.com 2026-05-17 14:34

    @TechTangents@dialup.space you can avoid the cartel blocking issue as long as you have DKIM, DMARC, and SPF DNS records all setup correctly. (also, not selfhosted but with another email provider..) No need to be shackled to Google/MS.

    Open ##3241445

  • @AnachronistJohn@zia.io 2026-05-17 14:37

    @TechTangents@dialup.space FYI: Google now blocks Google customers just as much as non-customers these days. I think they’re so AI crazy they’ve forgotten to only apply certain rules to just one party.

    Open ##3241452

  • @loke@functional.cafe 2026-05-17 14:41

    @TechTangents@dialup.space Yeah, I see it happening all the time. People's language becomes as bland as... well, something really bland. I actually get (un?)reasonably furious when these systems tell me to change my words. I wrote those words. I wrote them for a reason.

    Open ##3241454

  • @TechTangents@dialup.space How can you not appreciate that its idea of concise is... less concise?

    Open ##3241455