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"disabling IMAP would drive away huge numbers of users" -- Why? Ask 10 random people on the street in any large American city if they've ever heard of Gmail, an
by parennoob 13y ago
"disabling IMAP would drive away huge numbers of users" -- Why? Ask 10 random people on the street in any large American city if they've ever heard of Gmail, and then if they have ever heard of IMAP. Fair chance the numbers will be something like 8 and (maybe) 1 on average.
On the other hand, disabling IMAP will make sure that people have to look at the webapp, and tie into the Google ecosystem to read their mail. Looking forward five more years, you might even have to have a Google+ account to read your email.
- edwintorok 13y agoOr they could forward all their Google email to another email provider that does offer IMAP.
- smileysteve 13y agoask people if they use Apple Maik (on iPhone too) and that drastically changes
- parennoob 13y agoPossibly there might be obvious technical hurdles I'm missing here, but why wouldn't Google just release a Gmail app for the iPhone?
- yscale 13y agoThey already did, but many people are satisfied with the Apple app and wouldn't appreciate being forced to switch to a different and not-meaningfully-better app.
- ucpete 13y agoYou got it. For me, I like getting my personal and work emails pushed to my iPhone in the same place (the Mail app). Though I have the Gmail app I don't use it.
- krrrh 13y agoI only keep the gmail app around for search, because the way gmail or iphone Mail.app implement IMAP search is not so good.
- ceph_ 13y agoJust because they don't know what the acronym is doesn't mean they don't use it. Ask if they read the mail sent to their gmail address through outlook or the mail app on their iphone.
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- deelowe 13y agoBecause of iphone.
- parennoob 13y agoWouldn't Google just release a "Gmail" app for the iPhone / Windows Phone?
- thrownaway2424 13y agoThere already is one.
- vxNsr 13y agoNot for Windows Phone there isn't, and they probably won't release one.