What is with this trend of "discontinuing" products that are already receiving little to no maintenance? Google is not the only one guilty of this.
From the announcement, I get the idea that if I use Inbox today, it will be gone and I will no longer be able to use it after the EOL date is passed. Is it really that hard to keep the lights on, for a product for which development has already been finished?
People like this product and it has features that no others do. I don't want to go back to using the Gmail app on my Android either. There are tens of thousands of unmaintained Android apps from developers who may have even died, or at least we may never hear from again. So why should this one need to be formally sunsetted?
I am far more likely to quit email altogether, than to embrace a vanilla Gmail experience at this point.
From the announcement, I get the idea that if I use Inbox today, it will be gone and I will no longer be able to use it after the EOL date is passed. Is it really that hard to keep the lights on, for a product for which development has already been finished?
People like this product and it has features that no others do. I don't want to go back to using the Gmail app on my Android either. There are tens of thousands of unmaintained Android apps from developers who may have even died, or at least we may never hear from again. So why should this one need to be formally sunsetted?
I am far more likely to quit email altogether, than to embrace a vanilla Gmail experience at this point.