Google will retire Gmail’s Basic HTML view in January 2024
Recently I was on a cruise ship, and out in the waters only my carriers “maritime” plan was available - for those that don’t know, the rates are eye watering. $4 pr MB - and the onboard Wi-Fi was either completely down, or down in the low tens Kbps speed.<p>The difference between having a bare-bones HTML page, versus a bloated one, could make a significant price difference.<p>With that said, I’m sure that’s just an extreme edge case - but still a legit one. If you’re stuck out in nowhere with low and/or prohibitively expensive internet, you want a fast and small alternative.