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After signing up for Nylas Mail, I started getting daily "marketing email" (spam) from them. It really added insult to the injury already caused by the Linux app being horribly slow, buggy, and power-hungry.
I really wanted an Email client for Linux which isn't power hungry but unfortunately last I tried Nylas - it was always top app in `powertop`. An always running app has to be low on power consumption IMO, but because so many apps are being built on top of webkit/electron most of them pretty much suck when it comes to battery usage. Another case in point is slack app. On Linux, it is probably the worst app. :(
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So much for people saying "machines now are good enough for most basic uses and don't need upgrading anymore"... I guess Intel should be thankful for The Rise Of Electron Apps.
They probably work with software written 8-9 years ago, though!
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Honestly this move is something that might bring me back into it. It opens up an already existing codebase for basic functionality to users who wouldn't be paying otherwise- and perhaps with dependence on this service or interest in more that it offers, they may turn into a subscription user. The same happens for me with ProtonMail. I used the basic service but found that the convenience of a paid plan was enough for…
That's true, but I'm worried that at some point they might decide again to remove the free plan
This took a huge amount of work behind the scenes. Stay tuned for the engineering blog post very soon!
I really wanted an Email client for Linux which isn't power hungry but unfortunately last I tried Nylas - it was always top app in `powertop`. An always running app has to be low on power consumption IMO, but because so many apps are being built on top of webkit/electron most of them pretty much suck when it comes to battery usage. Another case in point is slack app. On Linux, it is probably the worst app. :(
Why not use Gmail as an email client?
Which is somehow funny, since the whole supply chain is controlled by them (App, Browser, OS).
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Yeah, maybe if author would charge 7 bucks in total instead of 7 bucks per month he would not have this problem.
$12 per month is steep for an email client.
I do really like Nylas, it's mostly a pleasure to use.
But I'm using it with Gmail which costs me like $2pm for 100GB storage; the core (with I think 20GB?) is free (at the point of use, blah-blah advertising).
Is Nylas, the thing through which I access my free/almost-free email really adding $12pm value? I'm not so sure.
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$12 per month is steep for an email client.
Especially one that is getting access to all your data. I would expect it to be one or the other. If I'm paying you, I should have absolute privacy.
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So much for people saying "machines now are good enough for most basic uses and don't need upgrading anymore"... I guess Intel should be thankful for The Rise Of Electron Apps.
They probably work with software written 8-9 years ago, though!