Really Apple? Mails still automatically marked as read??

Dear Apple,
you have still not managed to include an option into your mail app to prevent mails from being automatically marked as "read"? I actually would have loved to switch to your app for a long time, but this point just leaves it unusable.
Does no one else think this is crucial?

You want to have them marked until you are done working on them?
Make a rule that puts a flag on every received message. When you are done with it remove the flag.

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