Has anyone ever used Gmail/Outlook alternatives before? What do you think about it?
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There are so, so, many email apps out there:
Superhuman, Hey, Slashy, Cowork gmail plugin, Spark Mail, Proton mail, Spacemail, Titan, Shortwave, Alfred, Canary, Spike, Tuta, Skiff, Icloud, Zoho, Yahoo (if it counts even).
But has any one of us tried it before? Why/Why not?
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One reason I have not stuck with alternatives is trust. Email is too central to risk missing something important, so I default to the most stable platform even if it is not the best UX.
Dirac
@rahul_manjhi1 hmmm true. Great point, Rahul
Is this trust more related to “I don’t trust that I’ll get the value it promised” or “I’m afraid they might be unsafe”?
i like experimenting with new inbox tools, but I often treat them as secondary layers on top of Gmail instead of full replacements. That feels safer.
have never used coz tbh never felt the need of one
Dirac
@grover___dev Interesting, this is useful market research. How many emails do you receive on avg?
Using Thunderbird for years, also Roundcube. Running my own email servers.