by Daniel Bader on (#53EYV)
A conversation with Newton's new owners.Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times — well, there isn't going to be a third time. At least that's what the new owners of Newton, née CloudMagic, promise.Email has always been this weird obsession for me. I don't like email, not even a little bit,but this necessary evil in my life hasn't abated, even as Slack has become a ubiquitous window on my desktop and easily my most-used app on my phone. Slack was supposed to solve email, but it only did so between colleagues — I get more email from acquaintances, PR firms, and people wanting to sell me N95 masks than ever before. Newton's speed and simplicity was its best asset — and still is.When Newton launched in late 2016, replacing the much-loved (and free-to-use) mobile solution, CloudMagic, its newfound $50 per year price tag was met with an understandable grimace, and not a small amount of resentment towards the team who was, after a two-we...