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Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by dev_parrott »

on_and_off wrote: post #99
andybak wrote: post #64

> Outside of some of the bundling features Bundling (in the inbox) is THE reason for using Inbox. It's the only unique feature. It's the thing that changed how I use email. If I use folders it's the kiss of death for any email that a rule sends to that folder. I want a single list but with some items collapsed. Email went from unthreaded to threaded (reducing the complexity massively. Bundles takes that one step furt…

Same thing here !! I don't want to go back to gmail, now it looks like a complete mess compared to Inbox. Should I start writing a replacement client ? :///

Let me know when you get started; make it open source. I'm so down to help

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by awiesenhofer »

sdoering wrote: post #109

Well thanks Google. You just made the necessary transition into MS Outlook land so much more easy. My company got bought and I need to switch into MS land. Sadly. But my biggest complain was to loose my workflow from Inbox. Google killing this just kills one argument from my list. Sadly. I like the UI. I really, really like the reminders and the bundles. And the ability to postpone a message to see it as new some lat…

Same here without the aquisition. Will be interesting to see how much Inbox functionality can be replicated by custom rules etc.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by kenhwang »

sethammons wrote: post #104
riku_iki wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's likely not google get bored, but users didn't adapt product on large enough scale.

It is a cycle. Google drops a product due to low uptick, so users don't take on further products. There are three products that I can think of that have lasted: search, email, ads (which is search, really). [edit] oh, and maps!

It could very well be the other way around too: product is getting too popular and doesn't have ads, but directly competes with our product that does have ads.

Reader/iGoogle didn't have ads, but stopped you from visiting places that did have ads.

Inbox didn't have ads, but was directly pulling users away from gmail which does.

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Post by sangnoir »

vvillena wrote: post #239
tdfx wrote: post #157

I don't mean to throw out the same old "you can't get attached to Google products because they kill them at any time" thing, but holy shit, this one feels like a real kick in the balls. Email is one of my most important workflows and I've spent a great deal of time over the past few years attaching myself to the zero inbox mindset through the bundles feature and having my reminders as first class citizens in the inbo…

It might be an old critic, but Google truly makes an effort to keep it current. They're simply an unreliable company.

> They're simply an unreliable company

I don't think it's intentional, but it's a side-effect of Google's bonus structure[1]. There's more money to be made (by employees) if their team successfully launches a new product. Maintaining existing products isn't as profitable, in fact, launching and deprecating popular products as frequently as possible is the optimal scenario for maximizing bonuses.

1. From the information I've encountered. I'm not a Googler.

Re: Google is discontinuing Inbox

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Post by knorker »

Come on, you knew this was coming the day they launched it, right? They were not going to maintain both gmail and Inbox, and Inbox just could not win.

But it looks like gmail is getting Inbox features.

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