Problems the Pope Missed

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

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.

Link: https://www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/tech/pope-leo-xiv-ai-encyclical-tech-industry-problems