> David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net> writes:

> Thank you; it's the most cogent article I've read on this subject.  :-)
> Just some short comments:


> Yeah, they're not secret secrets, but just a way to make a specific
> entity take responsibility for a class of API usage, which enables
> easier tracking (and later billing).

> [...]

> I guess it would be rude for Emacs to just use those credentials.  :-)

> [...]
> [...]

> Yeah, we could just use that and tell the users to "just" register their
> own developer accounts at Google and then put the keys somewhere.  It's
> a really really horrid experience to go through, though, and Google will
> sic an API compliancy review at the users at random.

What's about the approach recommended by a mutt user


https://luxing.im/mutt-integration-with-gmail-using-oauth/

Could that somehow be used for Gnus?