As such, it should come as no surprise when users came across a notification stating that: A lot of users thought that maybe it was a joke, or maybe even the effects or a virus: Explanations were soon to follow, stating the Microsoft simply detected that they were using Gmail as their mail client and simply wants to take over. More so, this in itself wouldn’t be much of an issue, but users reported that they can’t select “No” as an answer. If they do so, they are usually prompted with an error message, as you can see below:
Microsoft Apps & Services want to replace Gmail
What’s curious is that this only seems to happen to users that have Gmail account logged in Outlook. Those that use any other email service don’t seem to be affected at all. All manner of solutions were tried, from uninstalling and re-installing Outlook, to using the client while “less secure access” is turned off. Tired of looking at Outlook’s bland interface? How about you try these email clients instead? As such, if you don’t want to see this error anymore, your only safe bet is to use the browser service of gmail, and use Outlook for pretty much every other email accounts you may have. This seems to be just one of the many times Microsoft has tried to force features and updates onto users. If history repeats itself, a pretty sure guess is that user outcry will be soon to follow.
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