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    That might be it. Whatever the reason, it seems like a missed opportunity. Especially when they go out of their way to provide direct APKs to Android users who do not use Play Store.

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      Especially when they go out of their way to provide direct APKs to Android users who do not use Play Store.

      They already had to make the APK for the Play Store, providing it directly doesn’t require extra dev work.

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      They might have done their stats and figured out that only 0.0000001% of their users would benefit from it and there weren’t much profit there to make.

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        Use that linux mail web app… maybe they will change their minds.

        Linux crowd is hard to appease tho

        Hopefully one day when we finally hit the year of Linux Desktop this changes.

        Currently, gamers are on boarding. I think once critical mass joins with their buying power, things should change.

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        One of the reasons for me not to switch, is because there is no Linux client.

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          If they had a contacts app for Android and a proton drive Linux client I would be 1,000% on board. I would switch basically everything over and be more than happy to pay for it. Useless to me otherwise