[_justpassingby_]

Latest Gmail is, indeed, a piece of shit. I think it's for the same reason a lot of websites now are (including my university's course portal): everyone is using frameworks that purport to work just as good on mobile as desktop but in reality end up compromising both platforms down to a mediocre workable level.

That's not a Google issue, and I honestly don't know if a resurgence of desktop apps in general would be a good thing or not.