Software:Hey (email service)

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Short description: Email service

HEY is a premium email service launched by Basecamp in June 2020.[1][2][3][4] The service may be accessed through the HEY website and through apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS.[5][6] Due to the service's vertical integration, a HEY mailbox cannot be incorporated into other email services or stand-alone email clients.[7]

Around the time of HEY's launch, a stand-off between Basecamp and Apple Inc. over Apple's policy on in-app purchases in apps hosted by its App Store was the cause of significant media attention upon Apple's policies.[8][9][10][11]

Features

  • An email from a new sender requires the user to confirm whether they wish to receive emails from that sender, and if not then emails from that sender are never shown again[6]
  • Blocks tracking pixels (called a spy tracker in the apps) and informs the user if an email includes tracking[6]
  • A single place showing all attachments that have been received, regardless of sender[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chen, Brian X. (17 June 2020). "Tackling the Unsolvable Problem: The Bottomless Email Inbox". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/technology/personaltech/hey-email-service-screening.html. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  2. ↑ Aten, Jason (25 June 2020). "Basecamp's Controversial New Hey App Actually Makes Email Productive Again". https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/how-basecamps-controversial-hey-app-makes-email-productive-again.html. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  3. ↑ Newton, Casey (15 June 2020). "Hey is a wildly opinionated new email service from the makers of Basecamp". https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/15/21286466/hey-email-basecamp-price-availability-platforms-launch. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  4. ↑ Harris, Ainsley (15 June 2020). "Meet the Big Tech critic behind Hey, Basecamp's radical new email platform". https://www.fastcompany.com/90516667/meet-the-big-tech-critic-behind-hey-basecamps-radical-new-email-platform. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  5. ↑ Anderson, Tim (17 June 2020). "Hey is trying a new take on email – but maker complains of 'outrageous' demands after Apple rejects iOS app". https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/17/hey_apple_spat/. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Aten, Jason (25 June 2020). "How Basecamp's Controversial Hey App Makes Email Productive Again". https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/how-basecamps-controversial-hey-app-makes-email-productive-again.html. Retrieved 2020-06-27. 
  7. ↑ Lomas, Natasha (June 16, 2020). "Basecamp launches Hey, a hosted email service for neat freaks". https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/16/basecamp-launches-hey-a-hosted-email-service-for-neat-freaks/. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  8. ↑ Goode, Lauren (16 June 2020). "Apple Threatens to Move Basecamp's New Email App to Trash". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-threatens-basecamp-email-app/. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  9. ↑ Speed, Richard (22 June 2020). "Email innovator Hey extends an olive branch in standoff with Apple, tweaks code to make the iGiant appier". https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/22/hey_apple/. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  10. ↑ Gartenberg, Chaim (25 June 2020). "Hey opens its email service to everyone as Apple approves its app for good". https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/25/21302931/hey-email-service-public-launch-apple-approves-app-fight-policy-price. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 
  11. ↑ Keane, Sean (22 June 2020). "Apple gives thumbs up to Hey email app after update rejection". https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-gives-thumbs-up-to-hey-email-app-after-update-rejection/. Retrieved 2020-06-26. 

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