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Ah okay, my bad. I misunderstood. I guess to be able to answer your opposite question I would have to try thunderbird myself and see if I still prefer web based or not. Otherwise I don’t have an answer to why I use web client over thunderbird other than it’s already there and ready when I set up my account.
Were these people that were arrested not using a VPN?