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David Pollak (@dpp)

The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition

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When the news hit that Sparrow has been acquired by Google, you could almost hear the collective sigh from those who use and love this wonderful iOS and Mac OS X email client. Many people (myself included) took to Twitter to voice our disappointment with this move, especially about the fact there there will be no additional development on the app:

We will continue to make available our existing products, and we will provide support and critical updates to

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