On: Google Calendar should prevent spam by default

[jadedhacker]

Even more so, I'm sorry to say I have contacts with friend(s) that died... I don't necessarily want to remove them from my contact list, but the (automated) birthday notification feels... unseemly... :-/

This would not be true of a manual one because it expresses the action intentionally, whereas an automated one is kinda like an awkward stranger being like hey it's their birthday today!

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[robinwassen → jadedhacker]

Sorry to hear that, it's an eerie reminder of our mortality.

You can edit the contact, remove the birthday and add it as a note to keep the info but let it be handled in another way.