Sending the entire email content to their cloud isn’t that good.
However an advantage to doing so is to be able to use push notifications on the app without having to poll continuously the email address from the device.
Which in return reduces the battery usage compared to constant polling.
However, they could have done something like spark mail, only get the email subject, sender and a little bit of the content to put into the noficiation then delete after the push notificdation has been sent.
The creator of FairEmail had a good solution for that, notifications are nearly instant, doesn’t use a thirdparty like Microsoft or Google, and very low battery usage.
Don’t know how he solved it, though
See, Microsoft cares so much about you they’ll even make a backup of all of your emails, completely for free, without you even having to ask. And here you are complaining…
Outlook also sends all your email, including those from other accounts, to their cloud. No questions asked. Oh, also your password, because why not?
https://cybernews.com/privacy/new-outlook-copies-user-emails-to-microsoft-cloud/
Mails, passwords, calendars and contacts. Basically everything. Here’s another blog article: https://mailbox.org/en/post/warning-new-outlook-sends-passwords-mails-and-other-data-to-microsoft
Sending the entire email content to their cloud isn’t that good.
However an advantage to doing so is to be able to use push notifications on the app without having to poll continuously the email address from the device. Which in return reduces the battery usage compared to constant polling.
However, they could have done something like spark mail, only get the email subject, sender and a little bit of the content to put into the noficiation then delete after the push notificdation has been sent.
The creator of FairEmail had a good solution for that, notifications are nearly instant, doesn’t use a thirdparty like Microsoft or Google, and very low battery usage. Don’t know how he solved it, though
Plot twist: he’s actually loading all your stuff into his cloud.
I’ll take a massive privacy breach for a bit more battery life any time. What could go wrong?
See, Microsoft cares so much about you they’ll even make a backup of all of your emails, completely for free, without you even having to ask. And here you are complaining…
I hate with the intensity of a million suns that they always have this absolute fucking bullshit argument “For better experience”.
Or “for your security”
Privacy aside, not having your email offline on your device is objectively a poorer experience.
Can’t even turn autosave on for Word docs anymore without letting Microsoft save your shit to the cloud.
The clouds are hungry for your digital flesh and bones