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I think that that one email app that got acquired by dropbox before even launching did this and I think people are just copying it.
by adamnemecek 9y ago
I think that that one email app that got acquired by dropbox before even launching did this and I think people are just copying it.
- brianjking 9y agoYeah, Mailbox app used this prior to it's Dropbox acquisition. Mailbox is now a dead product. RIP.
- pmarreck 9y agoWhy would Dropbox (note: not remotely an email service) acquire Mailbox and then kill it?
- lgregg 9y agoThey probably saw something in their software to strip for Dropbox.
- adamnemecek 9y agoAcquihire.
- pmarreck 9y agoThis answer makes the most sense, but is still sad
- brianjking 9y agoThey paid a pretty penny too, $100 million to acquire Mailbox. As per the article from Wired (https://www.wired.com/2015/12/dropbox-kills-carousel-and-mailbox-as-it-turns-toward-businesses/ https://www.wired.com/2015/12/dropbox-kills-carousel-and-mai...) they said: Although Mailbox could presumably fit into that strategy, Dropbox is instead focusing on its new Google Docs-style document editing and collaboration service Paper, which may gain some of the functionality of Mailbox. "As we deepened our focus on collaboration, we realized there’s only so much an email app can do to fundamentally fix email," a blog post credited to "the Mailbox team" reads. "We’ve come to believe that the best way for us to improve people’s productivity going forward is to streamline the workflows that generate so much email in the first place."