[couchand]

You have to admit it seems a little shady when it comes from the browser vendor. It would be fine if the message said, "we haven't tested this, it might not work, YMMV". Instead, the message says, "click here to download our product", the implication being they'd like you to convert to only ever using their product.

[Tyrannosaurs]

I might agree with some things but not with e-mail, it's too important to most people say "hey this is probably OK but who knows".

And because of that there is the risk of reputational damage around one of their core products. Working in tech you understand what a Beta really means and you can make that call on an informed basis but that's not true of a typical G-mail user today.

[couchand]

It doesn't sound like they're dropping e-mails or anything else painful like that (something I've experienced several times trying to run GMail on Firefox and/or Opera). It sounds like they wanted to break CSP and have some animations and not have to worry about proper data modelling. Or maybe they just want to keep throwing rocks at people using browsers other than their own.

Lazy or evil, pick one.