Why would anyone use this over Proton Mail or the gazillion alternatives if it treats people like shit.
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As someone who enjoyed Google Inbox before they killed it, it hurts to read this comment.
I loved Inbox. I hate everything that was supposed to replace it. Spark isn't the worst thing in the world, but it's not nearly as smart. Shortwave may be ok but my only IOS device isn't set up to receive email and I haven't bothered to try it since the Android app is new. Gmail is terrible. Outlook is Outlook.
Inbox worked in a way that my brain immediately understood and adapted to.
I used Inbox too, and also liked it.
But these gmail features aren't remotely like inbox. They hide the emails behind alternate tabs. Ones you cannot configure yourself. With nearly no indication instead of putting them front and center (but grouped together). They make it harder to see and understand your inbox instead of easier. This post being a perfect example -- tons of people didn't even understand what was going on because of how awful the feature is.
Inbox was killed and its main features lost with it. They were not folded into gmail.
What I do is I create rules with which I tag emails and auto archive them. This moves them to "folders" in a way I decide and removes them from the inbox. They all are still in the all mail tab.
I also archive all the mail after processing it so that "clear the inbox" feeling that Inbox had is not lost.
I still prefer Inbox to Gmail but I emulated all the features I used.
I didn't even try it because I knew Google would kill it later like other products.