Was somewhat excited until I read "subscription". No, thanks!
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Former Apple Engineer's Mimestream Gmail Client for Mac Gets Official Launch, Free Beta Access to End Tomorrow
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Or maybe people don’t want to pay for certain things; such an an email client which can be had for free since the beginning of time on the internet.
Charging a subscription for an email client is pure hubris
Good for this guy that he now has the mail client he always wanted that looks like any other mail client out there.
I don't think he understands what he's trying to say either
Yeah I might pay $29-$49 for it one time per major version. Until then Chrome is free and works pretty well with Gmail.
Exactly! I can use Google's Gmail app to retrieve my Gmail or I can use the stock Mail app in macOS.
Web apps are so responsive these days, there's barely a noticeable difference anymore.
Subscriptions for apps like this (or weather apps) is just not a very good fit, and unfortunately I think developers are going to find this out the hard way.
I'm all for paying for software and I get that subscriptions work well for developers, but most consumers already have way too many subscriptions and they aren't looking to add any more.
Sure feels like we need a new business model...
I'm all for paying for software and I get that subscriptions work well for developers, but most consumers already have way too many subscriptions and they aren't looking to add any more.
Sure feels like we need a new business model...
It's nice that it's using the Gmail API but all the other features are not all that compelling or are already built in to the mail app. There also doesn't seem to be other features like a way to collab within a team like Spark.
Apps like these are doomed; it's very likely Apple's roadmap already includes those must-have features, and/or Apple will just imitate it after the fact. Seems like these kinds of apps/developers are hoping they'll be acquired, but Apple really only acquires companies with novel tech/patents or valuable IP.
I will say that Apple Mail is seriously due for some quality-of-life improvements.
I will say that Apple Mail is seriously due for some quality-of-life improvements.
How many people here pay for Fantastical and are quite happy with it?
Seems like they could have at least implemented something local like Apple’s send later function in Mail.
Yet another mail client!
Such kind of Software is usually developed with "Selling the Company" in mind.
Such kind of Software is usually developed with "Selling the Company" in mind.
A monthly fee to open up emails from an email client with free email services from said client.
There might be a market, but it isn’t me.
There might be a market, but it isn’t me.
The point is to get that $50 from you -- every year.
For that price I'd expect included iOS and iPad apps, plus advanced AI capabilities, plus free breakfast every day.
Yep, I don't get it, don't newcomer developers compare prices before offering a subscription?!
For $50 per year we can get Office365 incl. 6TB one-drive space, it includes the Outlook Email Client and all the Office Software + AI.
Comparing it to the whole O365 feature set, this Email Client should cost max. 25cent per month.
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I was interested until I saw it was a subscription only. I’m sure it’s a great app, I’m just not interested in paying a subscription for an email client… That only works with one email provider and has no advanced capabilities.
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We pay into pot for the smooth running of society. We do not pay taxes to breathe clean air. Regulations that reduce pollution or give us protected green lands are not a monthly subscription and are not privatised.
Don't excuses and boot licking corporations who would love to privatise every corner of our lives or charging through the nose what used to be cheap or free.
The rampant subscriptionification of all things simply transfers wealth from the masses to a tiny number of people. It's terrible in the long run, its extremely bad at scale, and will result in impoverished people when they are much older.
Basically, everything that is already bad about the system but 10X worse. People should be able to pay for something ONCE and then decide for themselves if they ever want to pay for an upgrade.
50 bucks a year (FOR A SUBSCRIPTION) just to save one browser tab?
Lol, nope.
Lol, nope.
I’m not subscribing to an email client. I’d pay $30, once.