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by wang2bo2 5081 days ago
Sparrow is never independent OK?

They depend on GMail.

They cannot even deliver push-notification for their iOS apps because they don't want to save your credentials on their servers.

The argument around Instapaper still stands as long as it's an independent, complete product.

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> Sparrow is never independent OK? They depend on GMail.

False. Sparrow works with any IMAP mail server.