mr_machine

This is the way. I have a Dreametech Z10 Pro running Valetudo and integrated with Home Assistant. It works really well - better than I'd hoped it might.

My experience is exactly the opposite.

I know quite a few programmer/hacker types, many of whom are cognizant of and responsive to contemporary security and privacy issues. Almost to a one, the smartphone is where they compromise most dramatically, carrying iPhones or, more bizarrely, stock Android.

Seems like there are lots of confidentiality and reliability issues in how tech is being used in law right now, but there aren't that many attorneys who understand the issues, and those that do find it more advantageous to overlook them unless forced to do otherwise.

Local folders are occasionally useful and I'm glad Thunderbird supports them. User experience could have been improved by simply not creating them by default. Then they'd not confuse or annoy anyone, and should the need ever arise, the user could add them.

I get that, but they listed

"Rebuild the interface from scratch..."

as a separate bullet point from codebase issues, and later talked about

"A UI that looks and feels modern is getting initially implemented...aiming at offering a simple and clean interface for “new” users..."

I've used Thunderbird exclusively for desktop mail for many years. To my knowledge, it still sucks less than any other free and open option, but that's not much of a bar.

Over time, Thunderbird has become slower and less reliable, most notably in the area of search. While the advanced search tools are excellent, the results are lousy. Email that I know exists is often unfindable until I force Thunderbird to re-index my whole mailbox.

Seeing F/OSS devs of (what I consider to be) a critical app like Thunderbird talk about "modernizing the interface" is the worst. The interface is fine and there are far bigger problems -- problems related to actual functionality as opposed to prettiness -- that desperately need work.

And to echo others' comments: courting the "average user" is worse than a waste of resources, it's an active turning away from the core users and supporters.