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I am an ex-user. A search through my email archive would regularly take ten seconds while gmail would do it instantly. The most frustrating thing about it was

I am an ex-user. A search through my email archive would regularly take ten seconds while gmail would do it instantly. The most frustrating thing about it was constant insisting on how super-fast it was in all their marketing while my experience was completely opposite.

HuguesC 6y ago
It's not even a native app
kareemm 6y ago
My experience is that search and UI transitions are blazing fast. It crashes (rarely, but more than I like) and requires a restart. But I love it and am happy to pay $30/m for it.
- asutekku 6y ago
  Honest question. If this is not sarcasm, what makes it worth $30 a month. I can't think of a single other software I would pay that much for.
  - benologist 6y ago
    Apple's policies permit charging $360/year for that email client, so they do, and that's actually cheaper than many small iOS utilities and games. Since you can cancel any time it is presented as your fault if a small utility, recently worth maybe a buck or two, quietly charges you hundreds of dollars. https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/07/12/predatory-ios-app-subscriptions/ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/07/12/predatory-ios-app-subscri...
cercatrova 6y ago
Really? Mine is the exact opposite experience. Gmail, the website, takes at least 2 minutes to load and be usable, so much that I need to use a separate extension to use it normally (Checker Plus for Gmail).
- alexpetralia 6y ago
  That's bizarre. Two minutes? Mine takes about 3-6 seconds generally. Yours is 20x as much.
  - cercatrova 6y ago
    It takes around that much time until interactivity, yeah. It's incredibly slow, and I have gigabit internet.
    - throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
      I'll mention this yet again so everyone can ignore it, but if you use the HTML-only option, it's clunkier but very fast. But I can say this 100 times and nobody does it.
      - kohtatsu 6y ago
        I can confirm the HTML-only option is great, and there is one for holdouts of Facebook too: https://mbasic.facebook.com https://mbasic.facebook.com (also via Tor https://mbasic.facebookcorewwi.onion https://mbasic.facebookcorewwi.onion)
- ponker 6y ago
  Something is pathologically broken for you. Don’t know whether it’s client side like a corrupted browser or service side like a malformed attachment that is causing Gmail to thrash. Chances of course are that the problem is on your end.
  - PostPlummer 6y ago
    100% sure. I have been using gmail since forever on all sorts of networks and devices and never ever has taking "being useful" 20 seconds, unless there is something very wrong on my side. Weirdest thing is that an add-on makes it faster, how's that even possible without a serious MiTB problem?

HuguesC 6y ago

It's not even a native app

kareemm 6y ago

My experience is that search and UI transitions are blazing fast. It crashes (rarely, but more than I like) and requires a restart. But I love it and am happy to pay $30/m for it.

asutekku 6y ago
Honest question. If this is not sarcasm, what makes it worth $30 a month. I can't think of a single other software I would pay that much for.
- benologist 6y ago
  Apple's policies permit charging $360/year for that email client, so they do, and that's actually cheaper than many small iOS utilities and games. Since you can cancel any time it is presented as your fault if a small utility, recently worth maybe a buck or two, quietly charges you hundreds of dollars. https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/07/12/predatory-ios-app-subscriptions/ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2019/07/12/predatory-ios-app-subscri...

cercatrova 6y ago

Really? Mine is the exact opposite experience. Gmail, the website, takes at least 2 minutes to load and be usable, so much that I need to use a separate extension to use it normally (Checker Plus for Gmail).

alexpetralia 6y ago
That's bizarre. Two minutes? Mine takes about 3-6 seconds generally. Yours is 20x as much.
- cercatrova 6y ago
  It takes around that much time until interactivity, yeah. It's incredibly slow, and I have gigabit internet.
  - throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
    I'll mention this yet again so everyone can ignore it, but if you use the HTML-only option, it's clunkier but very fast. But I can say this 100 times and nobody does it.
    - kohtatsu 6y ago
      I can confirm the HTML-only option is great, and there is one for holdouts of Facebook too: https://mbasic.facebook.com https://mbasic.facebook.com (also via Tor https://mbasic.facebookcorewwi.onion https://mbasic.facebookcorewwi.onion)
ponker 6y ago
Something is pathologically broken for you. Don’t know whether it’s client side like a corrupted browser or service side like a malformed attachment that is causing Gmail to thrash. Chances of course are that the problem is on your end.
- PostPlummer 6y ago
  100% sure. I have been using gmail since forever on all sorts of networks and devices and never ever has taking "being useful" 20 seconds, unless there is something very wrong on my side. Weirdest thing is that an add-on makes it faster, how's that even possible without a serious MiTB problem?