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Re:Inbox is about to die, and Google still hasn't brought it... by micael_dias on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:34PM (#19514516)
Yes bundles were awesome, especially for trips. Inbox will be missed. I understand not wanting to develop two email clients but why create it in the first place if what made it successful is not brought to gmail? (Clean minimal design, swipe done, bundles and probably more)
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Re:Inbox is about to die, and Google still hasn't brought it... by Boulth on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:54PM (#19514745)
Because Google employees are promoted for releasing stuff not for abstract matters like having a product vision.

See also: https://mtlynch.io/why-i-quit-google/

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Re:Inbox is about to die, and Google still hasn't brought it... by rockzombie2 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:04PM (#19514845)
Seriously. I managed to talk to a Googler during a recent phone interviewer and I mentioned the fact that I was upset about Inbox going away and he confirmed that it was a controversial decision within the company as well.

I hope with all the Inbox users/developers likely going back to gmail now, it will transition into the Inbox we all know and love.

Gmail categories are not the same thing as bundles. I love how Inbox condenses multiple emails in a single line showing you who the senders are. I think it makes more sense to show the senders before showing the subject of emails, and it's allowed for me to more easily digest the large number of emails I receive daily.

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Re:Inbox is about to die, and Google still hasn't brought it... by jordanthoms on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:12PM (#19518299)
I think the reason Inbox is getting killed is largely because the developers for it are already back working on Gmail - seems after the app got a good reception they we're pretty quickly brought back in.

It's a shame really - IMO it would have made sense to keep developing the inbox concept, it is a quite different way of thinking about email, and if it's a separate app it can move faster than something which has to take into account all the legacy of Gmail. Far from the first time a solid Google product dies just because the dev team moves on to other things and nobody's working on it anymore.

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