With things like gmail they let you connect to your account however you like, using outlook, using a browser, using an RSS aggregator, whatever... That's got to be a good thing hasn't it? I've not tried fetching my gmail via POP3 in another browser, but it's meant to work.
This new base.google.com looks like it could cause some people some damage, but you can't blame them for just making good products... they're forcing everyone else to raise their games.
Paul Clarke's weblog - I live in Hythe in the deep South. Wed + dad to 2, I'm a full-stack web engineer, + I do js / Node, some ruby, python, php etc. I like pubbing, running, eating, home automation + other diy jiggery-pokery, history, tree stuff, Television, squirrels, pirates, lego, and TIME TRAVEL.