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Old 7 Jul 2019, 10:55 AM   #1
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Superhuman email - ?

Would You Pay $30 a Month to Check Your Email?
One of Silicon Valley’s buzziest start-ups, Superhuman, is betting its app’s shiny features are worth a premium price.

By Kevin Roose


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/t...man-email.html

https://ourblog.siliconbaypartners.c...ck-your-email/
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Old 8 Jul 2019, 12:24 AM   #2
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The answer is, "No", I would not pay $30 a month for email. I find that the simpler the app and the fewer things it does the better it does them.
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Old 8 Jul 2019, 11:24 PM   #3
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I wouldn't because my email is mailing lists and low volume personal mail, but I can see the appeal to someone who has to deal with a high volume and and places a value on their time. Even at minimum wage you'd only have to save a few minutes a day to justify the cost.
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Old 9 Jul 2019, 02:35 AM   #4
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Further to my No above, I am highly skeptical of apps that claim to improved the email experience and speed things up. For example, conversation views, automatic filtering, ai-powered replies, etc. just seem to gum up the process for me when I have used them on other services. A plain old chronological order with no conversations works best, along with quick actions that can delete, archive, or move to another location. I have worked in cs where we fielded hundreds of emails every day and without fail any "improvements" we tried inevitably caused more problems than they solved.
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Old 11 Jul 2019, 03:12 PM   #5
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Conversation view has proven itself. Gmail has always had it, Outlook Express had it. It's probably 20th century.
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Old 11 Jul 2019, 07:27 PM   #6
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Conversation view has proven itself.
It's the first thing I turn off when installing an email app.
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Old 12 Jul 2019, 08:49 AM   #7
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The answer is, "No", I would not pay $30 a month for email. I find that the simpler the app and the fewer things it does the better it does them.
Exactly.

I just want solid email, I don't need cloud access, chat system integrated, etc. I don't really use the cloud a lot as I backup regularly on an external HD, and for chats I use Skype. I prefer my emails simple without integrations of all sorts of other function.

Regardless of that, 30 USD a year for really good email would be justifiable. 30 USD a month however?! I doubt many private users (= individuals, as opposed to companies) have the luxury to spend that amount of money on email. I already pay for other things such as hosting, I definitely wouldn't just happily pay 360 USD a year for email while reliable alternatives exist for 10% of that price (not to mention for free). I also, in the article, didn't see any specific feature that would make emailing so much better that it justifies such a price.
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Old 15 Jul 2019, 12:41 AM   #8
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It's not an option for me neither. I'm actually satisfied with what I have.
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Old 18 Jul 2019, 07:29 AM   #9
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The answer is, "No", I would not pay $30 a month for email. I find that the simpler the app and the fewer things it does the better it does them.
Well, I wasn't exactly asking the question of the article title - I just thought some of you might find the article (and viewpoint) interesting.
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Old 6 Aug 2021, 04:15 AM   #10
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Superhuman raised another $75 million and it hasn't even launched yet. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkon...h=68b6fa0d4918
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Old 6 Aug 2021, 08:18 AM   #11
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Would You Pay $30 a Month to Check Your Email?
Yes. For Tuffmail, unchanged, as it is now, maybe with some security improvements backstage if needed.
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Old 8 Aug 2021, 06:48 AM   #12
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Why Tuffmail?
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