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The original was posted on /r/microsoft by /u/Suspicious_Beans on 2024-04-14 19:49:53.
Rant.
Look, I'm aware the basic mail app on windows is limited - but it also hasn't run any advertisements beyond a little note in the corner saying there's an outlook phone app for the last decade that I've been using it. Never mind how obnoxious the forcing of the transition to outlook is when it just punts you out of the old mail app on startup.
I don't need fancy tools or office integration, and I'm willing to bet I'm not the only one who uses an email app simply to check their emails. And if I have to sift through advertisements in outlook unless I pay a subscription fee, then I'm just not gonna use outlook.
Big whoop, I solved my own problem; "just don't use it lmao," I get it - but if that's all someone has to say then they're missing my point, which is that for a DECADE, this wasn't a problem! It's the fact that the tech industry isn't just making more advanced tools (allegedly), it's that they're forcing people to use things they don't need to, and dangling fees and subscriptions over your head just to get the thing to work right!
I'm tired of advertisements, I miss when things were more focused on being functional, and advertisements weren't being crammed into everything. I hate subscription services and I miss when perfectly usable - even if simplistic - tools were available because you already paid for the operating system or a whole computer already. There I said it. Do what you will with this drivel. Maybe recommend a free mail service that doesn't run adds and just lets me check my mail.
Thanks, bye.