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by design-material 1962 days ago
Maybe their quality of life is increased by not having to spend part of their life (and possibly money - I can't think of a free Gmail alternative that's not as bad as Gmail's practices) searching for services that are at least as good as what they currently use?
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nobody9999 1962 days ago
> I can't think of a free Gmail alternative that's not as bad as Gmail's practices

Protonmail comes to mind:

https://protonmail.com/

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vhanda 1962 days ago
I like the company, but their email service is nowhere close to being a GMail alternative. A few things that are lacking -

1. Using standard IMAP/POP is only available for Paid users and only on the desktop. Not Mobile.

2. Conversation view is not implemented on their mobile clients. It has been over 5 years - https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/284483-feedback/sugg...

3. Their conversation view on the desktop groups messages based on the sender and not always the subject. It results in old conversations being grouped together.

They are working on all these issues, but till then, my productivity was impacted a lot by switching.

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