"I've never understood why people don't prefer desktop email clients"
I used to, but these days I switch between a work desktop, my phone, my home desktop, etc. So consistency of features matters. Also things like a "draft" I did on my mobile shows up on the web client on my Linux desktop, custom filters, signatures, are the same everywhere, etc.
The web and mobile-native clients for Gmail, Outlook, etc, work more the same than switching between something like Thunderbird and something else.
I used to, but these days I switch between a work desktop, my phone, my home desktop, etc. So consistency of features matters. Also things like a "draft" I did on my mobile shows up on the web client on my Linux desktop, custom filters, signatures, are the same everywhere, etc.
The web and mobile-native clients for Gmail, Outlook, etc, work more the same than switching between something like Thunderbird and something else.