Comment on Why do so many services require email configuration?
artyom@piefed.social 6 hours agoSince then you would need to have another way to achive the goals e-mail does.
None of those things are necessary. Like I don’t even have email configured on my server because I don’t need it at all except when the developer unnecessarily integrates it to the extent that it breaks it.
for that one user that does not want it.
I am not at all the only one. Just look at the other comments and votes in this thread.
maybe the design goals of the software do not fit your goals.
That makes no sense. Nothing about the software benefits from email integration.
ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
Depending on the view, a functioning service something like password reset is necessary. To design the software that it can ship without functioning password can or cannot make sense, depening on the design choices. Depending on what else got send via e-mail designing the software around that can be challenging and burdening for the future of developing.
If the setup required you to setup e-mail, the software and then also the developer can always assume there is a communication path to the individual user.
As i said, it can and cannot make sense, but saying
and not even trying to put yourself into other shoes just does not make sense.
artyom@piefed.social 6 hours ago
It is not necessary if you don’t lose your password. It’s also not necessary if you have administrative access to the server.
Brother we have the opposite problem. You are not putting yourself in my shoes, or other people like me.
I am not suggesting everyone should get rid of it, I’m asking why it can’t be optional and easily disabled…