I used to love Gmail. Here’s why I just quit it

The once-revolutionary email service, which started 20 years ago, has become as cluttered as the rest of the internet.

Ezra Klein

Apr 11, 2024 – 9.47am

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There is no end of theories for why the internet feels so crummy these days. The New Yorker blames the shift to algorithmic feeds. Wired blames a cycle in which companies cease serving their users and begin monetising them. The MIT Technology Review blames ad-based business models. The Verge blames search engines.

I agree with all these arguments. But here’s another: our digital lives have become one shame closet after another.