thefisola's comments

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

It's not planned for at the moment but will definitely look into it in the near future.

But just in case you use any of these browsers, it works on other chrome-based browsers aside from Chrome: - Brave - Opera - Edge - Opera GX

[2Gkashmiri → thefisola]

its imperative that firefox extensions be given preferential treatment because otherwise you are just playing into the hands of google's monopoly over the internet.

its a chicken and egg problem that you as a developer can help tilt in favour of an open web. If your product works on firefox as well, your customers wont be forced to choose chromium, then stats otherwise will say there are more chromium users.

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

The version with the fix has been approved and it's now live. Clicking the sender email should show you all emails sent by the sender now. Let me know if you have any issues. Happy to help!

[mateus1 → thefisola]

Thank you! I will check it out

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

Thanks!

I used https://screen.studio/ for the showcase videos and for the YouTube video I used a combination of Canva/Eleven Labs + Some manual mouse zooming

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

We store stats like "unsubscription count" and "deletion count". Your emails do not need to leave your device for that data.

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

I already explained in a reply:

"All these processes happen on your browser(device). The extension uses the Gmail API locally on your browser to perform all the necessary tasks. Your emails never get sent to any external server."

Hope you give it a try.

[parker-3461 → thefisola]

Sorry I feel like you really need to make the FAQ and legal terms a lot clearer.

Otherwise I think a lot of people would be easily deterred by the current/similar statements.

Thank you for sharing and taking the time to answer questions though.

[thefisola → parker-3461]

I totally understand. Unfortunately, that particular statement was required by Google OAuth verification team to verify InboxPurge. I'll figure out a way to make it clearer. Thank you.

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

All these processes happen on your browser(device). The extension uses the Gmail API locally on your browser to perform all the necessary tasks. Your emails never get sent to any external server.

I hope that answers your question.

Edit: Just to add more context. The Google Oauth verification team requires that statement in the privacy policy.

[parker-3461 → thefisola]

So what information “can” be shared with law enforcement agencies?

And which jurisdiction is this service governed in?

I think there is just many ambiguities which do not seem clear to me at all.

[thefisola → parker-3461]

I've added edit to explain why that particular statement is in the privacy policy

It's technically not possible from InboxPurge's perspective. As there'd be no email information to share

[hiatus → thefisola]

Just a heads up, you did not update the date of last update at the top of the policy following the changes you made.

[mock-possum → thefisola]

I can’t tell whether you’re being cheekily obtuse or missing the point -

If required by law to share that information, what steps would you take to fulfill that legal requirement?

Is the implication that despite you being legally obligated to do so, you would in actuality have no method for sharing said information, and would therefore have nothing to offer law enforcement?

[thefisola → mock-possum]

I'm sorry if you felt like I was intentionally missing the point.

I've added edit to explain why that particular statement is in the privacy policy

It's technically not possible from InboxPurge's perspective. As there'd be no email information to share.

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

The extension lists the mailing lists you're subscribed ordered by the frequency (the amount of emails the sender has sent), does that handle your usecase?

[nokun7 → thefisola]

Yes, that is exactly what I want. Super cool.

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

Thank you!

Yes this is the actual working flow. When you click on a sender it should show the emails sent by that sender. Unfortunately, at the moment there's a bug. I'm waiting for a Chrome store review approval for the version with the fix to be published.

I will reply here once it's approved

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

It's free for up to 20 mailing list unsubscribes/deletes per month. You only have to pay if you want unlimited access. It's made clear on the landing page. Sorry if 20 was not enough for you.

On: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to clean up your Gmail inbox locally

[thefisola]

Cool!

Yes it's pretty similar. There just some minor API differences. e.g

Chrome - chrome.tabs.query(queryInfo) Firefox - browser.tabs.query(queryInfo)

So you could easily port any firefox extension to chrome and vice-versa using the same codebase.

[kleiba → thefisola]

Oh, it's that similar? That's actually really cool then.