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[–] Nevermore 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would really suggest people to read their privacy policy - it is horrible. Good app but makes no sense for the exchange of privacy it demands.

[–] callinean 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Facebook, Whatsapp, X and Instagram are the top apps - do you think people really care about privacy policy? Not confusing an email client with social media apps but the general mass doesn't care about privacy policy yet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

True, but we should normalise talking about prioritising privacy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Here on Lemmy there's slightly more privacy-sensitive demographic than your average social media. It was true even back on Reddit and it seems even more true here.

[–] Nevermore 6 points 1 year ago

Good for the people who use them. I don't.

I'll still speak out against any app with such a heinous privacy policy.

[–] reddig33 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why did Google kill inbox? Was it somehow not profitable? Couldn’t cram enough ads into it?

[–] shashi154263 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same reason why Google Now was killed. It was too useful for users. You open the app, you get the info you want. In fact, you don't even need to open the app. That's the problem, they had no place to insert the ads and make money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That makes a terrifying amount of sense and I never looked at this issue from the angle you presented. God damn it, fucking capitalism.

[–] callinean 5 points 1 year ago

Cannot recall what was Google Now. I remember Google+.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why did google kill [product]?

Insert anything from the ever-growing google graveyard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Killedbygoogle.com

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I tried it then uninstalled when I realized it was just a wrapper.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any FOSS alternatives to Inbox/Shockwave?

[–] warmaster 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that would be great. I haven't found anything like it sadly.

There's a KDE itinerary plugin for Thunderbird but that's about it, all the rest of the features are missing.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still holding out for Mozilla to bring us Thunderbird Mobile

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really looking forward to the K9/Thunderbird lovechild.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A bit too late for that now. Once they killed Inbox I just migrated everything to ProtonMail. Don't even use my Gmail address anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Proton have great apps!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Installed it. Initially thought that it had potential. Then I found that unless you pay 9$ a month, your search results only display messages from the last 90 days. Absolute deal breaker.

[–] anti_antidote 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using Shortwave since early 2022, and it's honestly been an amazing alternative to the Gmail client

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Loading Gmail is so slow it makes me not want to check my mail anymore lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

What is this "Gmail" of which you speak? /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Really?? Mine is instant how long is slow

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I ended up switching most of my email usage to Hey and that's been okay enough. I really miss inbox though.

[–] Butane 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine paying monthly for an email app ..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you're going to pay, you might as well pay for something like ProtonMail and get an actual product.

[–] seacocker 3 points 1 year ago

I just don't use email enough anymore, except for work which is all Outlook.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting. I remember trying Inbox years ago.

[–] kratoz29 3 points 1 year ago

I am settled with Spark, I need my email app to be multi platform and inbox zero.

[–] dojan 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m surprised it wasn’t on Android already. Been using it for a year or so now, and I love it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing you are referencing the article mention "Inbox". Because I promise you, I was a huge fan and was bummed when they killed it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Looks like this is only compatible with gmail. Anyone know otherwise?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This app feels so sluggish in my Samsung S21 Ultra. I do not know what is the issue.

I mainly use Aqua Mail Pro.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is because the android app is a wrapper around web app, rather than being fully native app.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really don't understand companies that do this. They have millions of dollars at their disposal. Build a real app lol

[–] odbol 3 points 1 year ago

Actually pretty much all companies do this in some form or another. Even Gmail and lots of other Google apps use web instead of native for some parts. They just do it well. When a company does it poorly it really shows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is there a way to view multiple email accounts simultaneously? I love everything about this product, but I can't find a way to do this and it's killing me.