Problems the Pope Missed ∞

Of course, they’re not listening to the Pope anyway.

Friday, June 5th, 2026

Following in the footsteps of Pope Leo XIV, Brian Phillips recently collected some of the most grating problems with modern technology. I agreed with nearly all of them, but none more so than #30.

30. I just unsubscribed from your email updates because I receive too many emails from you. You do not need to send me an additional email confirming my cancellation.

Over at my day job, the unsubscribe flow for our mailing list is built to do the job with one click and zero additional emails.

An unsubscribe page that reads “You’re unsubscribed. We’re sorry to see you go, but we understand. In the unlikely event that you mis-clicked, you can be one of the only people in history to immediately resubscribe to a mailing list.”

As you can see, we do offer a resubscribe option, which mostly just pokes fun at the idea that such a thing could be useful.