[pmlnr]

It's really not, nor the web client, nor the provider, and the options are plenty, mentioned even in this very thread.

Fastmail, self hosted iredmail, protonmail, etc., are fine providers.

Geary, rainloop, macos mail, k9, are very nice clients.

Have you actually tried any alternative clients, before you made this comment?

[always_good]

Protonmail doesn't even have fulltext search (truly a joke). Fastmail just feels like a worse Gmail client, only redeeming if you particularly care about paying for a service.

I have to agree with them.

Also, pretty weak rhetoric to suggest someone hasn't tried the alternatives. Can I assume you haven't tried Protonmail because I can't understand how someone can say email without search is better than Gmail.

[pmlnr]

I run my mail server, I tried out rainloop, roundcube, pine, mutt, evolution, geary, thunderbird, claws recently, used to do outlook, outlook express, horde, even squirelmail. By comparison, gmail is not superior, and isn't, by far, capable of everything thunderbird can be with a few addons.

[criddell]

I too would leave GMail (Inbox) if I could find a web client I like as well.

For work, I use Thunderbird because I need Enigmail for PGP and I absolutely hate it.

Inbox does an almost perfect job of catching spam and sorting my mail. It has saved me many hours over the years.

[twblalock]

Do you honestly believe that self-hosting email is a valid solution for normal people?

[pmlnr]

Not for them to be run personally, but say, a friend can set up an raspberry pi like box, with yunohost or iredmail even at their home, turn unattended upgrades on centos, that's done for ~7 years.