I use Emacs for email (and most of my other tasks). The problems that he presents, I have long ago solved. The reason is programmability. I can mold Emacs and i

I use Emacs for email (and most of my other tasks). The problems that he presents, I have long ago solved. The reason is programmability. I can mold Emacs and its wide assortment of email clients into my exact requirements. If my requirements change, _my_ Emacs evolves and adapts. The Lisp Machine rapid-feedback-loop paradigm makes that possible. Once you lock onto that way of working, everything else seems substandard. That of course includes yet another centralized “service” that I have no control over.