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Alternative Email Client Sparrow Acquired by Google

CylonGlitch said:
And you don't? There are things that are sent via email that doesn't get sent when you visit sites. Personal things are sent via email; corporate things are sent via email; banking statements; billing information, etc. These things aren't tracked via Analytics. Even then, block it is easy, so why not do it?
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First, my personal things sent to my e-mail aren't important enough to matter. Next :

- Corporate things are not sent to anything other than my corporate e-mail. They are also encrypted.
- Banking statements are not sent via e-mail, they are available directly from my bank on their banking site. Encrypted.
- Billing information information is not sent over e-mail. Credit card information and confirmation numbers are viewed on e-commerce sites. Encrypted.

Google via analytics though tracks where I shop, what I read, what my interests are, etc.. etc.. through my browsing habits. I don't care enough to block them. I use an ad blocker for the annoyance factor only.

As far as "Google selling my info!" I'm not daft enough to even consider that remotely true : Google doesn't sell my info. They sell ad placement based on my info. The 3rd parties don't get my profile, they give Google a profile to target and Google does the leg work.

Google makes their money off advertising and the information they collect. It is precious to them, they wouldn't sell their biggest money maker.
 
Here come push notifications, I bet

One of the things that turned me off about Sparrow was not the fact that it didn't have push notifications; but the fact that the developers of Sparrow acted like spoiled children who cried and whined because Apple wouldn't give them access to the APIs they wanted to make push happen on Sparrow's terms.

Google obviously already has the infrastructure in place to push notifications within the confines of Apple's set parameters. They're doing it today with the Gmail app. My guess is that Google will add push notifications to the Sparrow app in fairly short order if they keep Sparrow around as a separate app from the Gmail app.
 
KnightWRX said:
First, my personal things sent to my e-mail aren't important enough to matter. Next :

- Corporate things are not sent to anything other than my corporate e-mail. They are also encrypted.
- Banking statements are not sent via e-mail, they are available directly from my bank on their banking site. Encrypted.
- Billing information information is not sent over e-mail. Credit card information and confirmation numbers are viewed on e-commerce sites. Encrypted.

Google via analytics though tracks where I shop, what I read, what my interests are, etc.. etc.. through my browsing habits. I don't care enough to block them. I use an ad blocker for the annoyance factor only.

As far as "Google selling my info!" I'm not daft enough to even consider that remotely true : Google doesn't sell my info. They sell ad placement based on my info. The 3rd parties don't get my profile, they give Google a profile to target and Google does the leg work.

Google makes their money off advertising and the information they collect. It is precious to them, they wouldn't sell their biggest money maker.
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ding ding ding!
 
nickelt said:
Speak for yourself, I cant stand the fanboys. I just like owning apple products because most of them in my opinion are superior. Been burned by windows, osx just works. Love my ipad nothing else comes close. If i see an android that i like in the future i may give it a go after 4 years of iphone. We are not all fan boys even wozniak owns other products than just apples.
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I guess we define fanboys differently, but we're on MacRumors talking about why it's okay for Apple to use our information and not okay for Google. Seems rather Fanboy-ish to me.

Not the intent of the reply; just wanted to say that I agree with you wholeheartedly.
 
CylonGlitch said:
I'm sorry, but with this move, I can't use Sparrow. I'm not a fan of Google's tactics, now they can more closely monitor our emails.
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I hate that MacRumors has become so anti-Google.

There is no denying that both Apple and Google are both extremely innovative and successful companies that offer services that cannot be found anywhere else. Apple products using Google services are the best in the world in my opinion.
 
this suxxxxxx... I have been using Sparrow as a replacement for Apple's crappy Mail app. Bummed it will soon be run by Google. :(
 
avanpelt said:
One of the things that turned me off about Sparrow was not the fact that it didn't have push notifications; but the fact that the developers of Sparrow acted like spoiled children who cried and whined because Apple wouldn't give them access to the APIs they wanted to make push happen on Sparrow's terms.

Google obviously already has the infrastructure in place to push notifications within the confines of Apple's set parameters. They're doing it today with the Gmail app. My guess is that Google will add push notifications to the Sparrow app in fairly short order if they keep Sparrow around as a separate app from the Gmail app.
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Don't count on it. They already said there not adding more features to the apps. They're just going to work on Google projects and fix the app if something happens.
 
It's pretty telling when Google has to buy a 3rd-party mail app. They have no idea how to create an intuitive user experience on mobile, even with the thousands of employees they have. Pretty sad.
 
I love the Sparrow iOS app, but the lack of notifications is a pain. It's soooo close to being my default email client, so hopefully Google will add push notifications to this.
 
Razeus said:
I love the Sparrow iOS app, but the lack of notifications is a pain. It's soooo close to being my default email client, so hopefully Google will add push notifications to this.
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We will continue to make available our existing products, and we will provide support and critical updates to our users. However, as we’ll be busy with new projects at Google, we do not plan to release new features for the Sparrow apps.

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AppleDroid said:
So Sparrow for Mac is also dead too? I know they want to morph it into their own app for iOS but don't kill my desktop client. :mad:
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We will continue to make available our existing products, and we will provide support and critical updates to our users. However, as we’ll be busy with new projects at Google, we do not plan to release new features for the Sparrow apps.
 
ct2k7 said:
We will continue to make available our existing products, and we will provide support and critical updates to our users. However, as we’ll be busy with new projects at Google, we do not plan to release new features for the Sparrow apps.

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We will continue to make available our existing products, and we will provide support and critical updates to our users. However, as we’ll be busy with new projects at Google, we do not plan to release new features for the Sparrow apps.
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But I'm sure it'll end up in the gmail app....:rolleyes: Just take the Sparrow app, put on push notifications, update the Gmail iOS app. Done deal.
 
Just in time. Now that Apple has announced free iCloud email accounts I will be phasing out my gmail account. Once again now that the advantage of Gmail is gone, someone spends a bunch of money to exploit it. Yea Google!
 
kent909 said:
Just in time. Now that Apple has announced free iCloud email accounts I will be phasing out my gmail account. Once again now that the advantage of Gmail is gone, someone spends a bunch of money to exploit it. Yea Google!
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I wouldn't trust Apple to be my primary email provider. Gmail is way more reliable and has way more features. Apple seems to change their email strategy on whims.
 
Most probably this is the end for Sparrow.

Recently Gogle acquired Meebo (a popular cloud multi IM client) and just killed the service completely.
 
petsounds said:
It's pretty telling when Google has to buy a 3rd-party mail app. They have no idea how to create an intuitive user experience on mobile, even with the thousands of employees they have. Pretty sad.
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Wow... just wow.

Let me try this on you...
It's pretty telling when Apple has to buy a 3rd-party voice control app (Siri). They have no idea how to create an intuitive user experience on mobile, even with the thousands of employees they have. Pretty sad.

The hypocrisy around here is nauseating at times. :rolleyes:
 
The Sparrow team has always put their users first by focusing on building a seamlessly simple and intuitive interface for their email client. We look forward to bringing them aboard the Gmail team, where they'll be working on new projects.
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I read this as Google saying they will kill the Sparrow OSX/iOS apps and reassign any employees elsewhere.
 
What's the alternative to Sparrow? Since it won't get push notifications or other updates ever, I have to get rid of it (and probably should have a long time ago, but I loved the style of the app). Perhaps once, the Gmail app gets Sparrow's code, I'll use the GMail app, but for now, I need an alternative. Suggestions?
 
MacRumors said:
Leca also said that Sparrow's products will continue to be made available with "support and critical updates", but Sparrow does not plan to release new features.
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Do I take that to mean Google bought them just to put them out of business so they no longer offer any competition to Gmail? That sort of thing should be illegal, IMO. Buying out the competition instead of competing with them is just as bad as trying to sue the competition to death. The consumer gets screwed and Google gets richer. :rolleyes:
 
There was a time not too long ago when those who frequented the MacRumors forum would get all creamy when they thought about Apple and Google joining forces. Then Steve Jobs said something snarky about them and the masses "turned" on Google (while still using Google Search, Gmail, and maybe even Chrome) because their Dear Leader hinted at it.

I just think you're all very silly.
 
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