I had to use a non-paywalled archive.

Definitely. I migrated my account after they took an anti-piracy stance.

This would be a great moment for The Onion to run a headline like "Google plans to sunset Gmail, migrate users to YouTube Music."

Doomscrolling news headlines can make me feel depressed.

I've added a community to my subscriptions to counteract the negativity. Check it out !upliftingnews@lemmy.world