On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 09:21, Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> wrote: ..
open protocols, just shut off SMTP completely. They'll probably "invent" something much better as an excuse... And the masses will love them for that, because it finally removed the spam "problem".
And everyone has a gmail account anyway, so why bother with outside email?
I think the newsgroups died because was expensive for ISPs and filled with nasty stuff (warez and porn). Gopher died because HTML was a improvement in every possible way. IRC still exist, because it don't need to be hosted by a ISP. Forums still exist. Mail list still exist (we are on one) Homesites where replaced by blogs. Gmail? G Suite accounts are expensive. I believe you have to pay by email address and get quite pricey. "Free" alternatives have a place because can be cheaper than that. Gmail have not added the "Foo has read your message" or "Foo is replying to your email". Two things that would be easy for them to do in Gmail to Gmail communication, and would be must-have features for a mail user. So maybe they don't aim to world domination? Is very hard to replace a open protocol, wrapping may work if the protocol is mostly abandoned (IRC) but thats not the case for email. I don't think email is going to be replaced soon. -- -- ℱin del ℳensaje.