> The things you don't get with these alternatives are flaws, not features, like "all being in one application". I believe what the parent likes about "all in

> The things you don't get with these alternatives are flaws, not features, like "all being in one application". I believe what the parent likes about "all in a single package" is the practicality and simplicity that this brings to the user: you could either just install gpg and read the man, or review tens of different relatively new applications (none of them widely used, yet) for each step of your normal workflow, learning their different interfaces and quirks, and then keeping yourself updated of any new disclosed vulnerability that may affect your custom crypto tool set. Obviously a small application that only do one thing hopefully right should be, at least in principle, easier to maintain and audit (and therefor safer) than the ol' swiss army knife of cryptographic communications, but the convenience of all-in-one is also a reality that shouldn't be overlooked.