Author: Chaim Gartenberg
Newton Mail is shutting down on September 25th, marking the formal end of the subscription-based premium email app.
Newton is the latest third-party email app casualty. It joins the ranks of gone-but-not-forgotten (by me, at least) apps like Sparrow and Mailbox as yet another victim of the fact that it’s really hard to come up with a viable business model for email apps.
Turns out: it’s really hard to come up with a viable business model for email apps
As founder Rohit Nadhani explained in a Medium post, the company “explored various business models but couldn’t successfully figure out profitability & growth over the long term.” He cited the competition of free apps from Apple, Google, and Microsoft as too much to overcome.
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Newton Mail is shutting down on September 25th, marking the formal end of the subscription-based premium email app.
Newton is the latest third-party email app casualty. It joins the ranks of gone-but-not-forgotten (by me, at least) apps like Sparrow and Mailbox as yet another victim of the fact that it’s really hard to come up with a viable business model for email apps.
Turns out: it’s really hard to come up with a viable business model for email apps
As founder Rohit Nadhani explained in a Medium post, the company “explored various business models but couldn’t successfully figure out profitability & growth over the long term.” He cited the competition of free apps from Apple, Google, and Microsoft as too much to overcome.
Newton Mail...
Continue reading…
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