To be fair, the parent is focusing on the crux of the problem though.
If this has happened (and I can think of a few other ways for this to all go wrong that involve less carelessness on the part of the account holder) it’s quite substantially more serious than having to pay to fix a car.
There are very real consequences to not having access to an e-mail account that reach far beyond the hassle of creating a new one. They reach far beyond even losing your current emails.
Google (and others) slick account creation funnels belie the seriousness of what you’re doing and the devastating consequences if anything goes wrong.
Regulation is needed urgently, but will only happen when enough famous-but-not-famous-enough-to-get-special-treatment people complain.
Given this requirement, free accounts will probably not be possible. If a person uses a free email account for critical transactions, what can one say? There’s a bigger issue here regarding our increasingly digital lives that needs more comprehensive change than regulation of some areas.
Paper mail delivery is guaranteed in most of the industrialized world, more or less. Email is increasingly used as an alternative but is entirely the recipients’ responsibility. Receiving paper mail costs nothing, that’s probably why so many people choose a free provider like Google.
Also, how would you solve the issue of identity verification in case a user loses means of access?
If this has happened (and I can think of a few other ways for this to all go wrong that involve less carelessness on the part of the account holder) it’s quite substantially more serious than having to pay to fix a car.
There are very real consequences to not having access to an e-mail account that reach far beyond the hassle of creating a new one. They reach far beyond even losing your current emails.
Google (and others) slick account creation funnels belie the seriousness of what you’re doing and the devastating consequences if anything goes wrong.
Regulation is needed urgently, but will only happen when enough famous-but-not-famous-enough-to-get-special-treatment people complain.