I ran a poll on Twitter that is still going, but I'm wondering what folks on DEV think of the new Hey email service. Is it worth it or are you fine with GMail and the rest of the old guard? I am still conflicted.
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Was a fan when I read it here on DEV but then I stumbled upon InboxFee on Product Hunt. InboxFee makes strangers pay for their cold emails using cryptocurrency. I started using it a couple of days ago and I've never received a cold email from anyone since then. Before using InboxFee, I received at least 2 cold emails from strangers. I guess it works 😄
I like what Hey stands for, but I also think the product itself is a little bit more flash than substance. I like that it's causing some shake up in email, but it also strikes me as a little inelegant the way I've, honestly, found Basecamp to be when I've tried it.
I'm still on their side in the culture war they're waging, but I still have mixed feelings.
That's kind of my feeling as well. I support the idea and I would even buy it if it was just an Email client (with Linux support of course). I'm using GMail currently and it works quite well for the 100s of emails that I get daily (most are from my open-source projects). Junk and spam are caught well and promotions and updates get sorted well so it will be really inconvenient to switch everything to another service especially one which I could lose the email if I don't pay for some reason at some point. And also I'm not that much of a private junkie I guess as I still use a lot of Google services, Twitter, a lil bit of FB and so on.
If Hey can solve my 9,999 unread emails problem in Gmail, I'm always open.
They're not gonna solve that for you, I think you can solve it yourself, just hit the "delete" button :-)
For me, Gmail is just fine. :)
Agree 100% !
Switching away from Gmail would arguable cost me a non-trivial amount of time and effort - just think about the various accounts where I've entered my email, I'd have to update it in all those places. That's a big waste of time and effort, to achieve which benefits exactly?
Besides, Gmail (being free, rather than $99 per year) has a number of great features, e.g. powerful search (I also like the system with the labels), integration with Google Drive, etc. Plus it's super reliable, has a straightforward UI, and spam/junk email is virtually non-existent.
So yes, interesting idea, but for me it would be merely a distraction with no tangible benefits, Gmail is already perfect for me.
Maybe it's only worth it if you're on a total privacy crusade, so then you also need to stop using Google for search, start browsing in private/anon mode, stop using Facebook, etc.
I think I am fine with my gmail. Hey email is over hyped for me. I don't see any value in putting my money in that.
Every email providers are pretty much the same for me. One cannot even sell me an email client as well.
Yes, I have a problem with too many emails, but nothing would be a deal breaker, unless you can auto-read my so-long emails, and summarize them into the brain for me.
Currently stick with Zoho, because it lets me use a custom domain for free.
As soon as this is a thing it will inevitably be ruined by marketers somehow. There is no winning this game.
I am not going to subscribe after the 14 days.
I see it as a service for millennials, where emailing is scarce and not for professional use.
On the other hand @hey address is cool !
I still don't understand it.
Everyone keeps trying to explain it to me, but everytime they explain it I just keep thinking to my Gmail accounts and saying "I have that already." Sure maybe I don't have it exactly how they do it, in terms of the UI, but the function is still the same.
I have my Gmail accounts setup exactly how I want them. I honestly can't think of the last time I saw a spam email in my inbox that I didn't want to see.
I have the filters setup exactly how I need them. Emails from certain services or people automatically go where they belong as soon as I receive them. I don't have to worry about moving them myself.
So really for me I guess I still don't get why I need to pay $99 for same type of thing I feel like I already have.
I think certain features like seperate contacts and files section really stands out and will prove valuable for people who use email daily as their primary tool for work. In terms of pricing if you are using email as primary tool $99 is ok (considering the time it would save. Your phone and PC would cost more). If you really do a feature by feature comparison with others Hey would still be behind but it is like comparing Apples to Oranges. Instead of implementing all the features of other services it is better that they go different route and include features that align with their email philosophy . And I also think Hey is not meant for everyone it is targetted at a small subset of email users.
They’ve created a workflow and interface which forces better (different) behaviour than we’re used to, but it’s still just email.
The feed feature is interesting to me, because it’s presenting newsletters that I normally delete without reading in a way that I’ll actually take a couple minutes to skim through.
I decided to pay with the aim of slowly getting away from gmail, but from a privacy angle, I’ll still keep certain things going to ProtonMail.