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"I wonder how much the economy would break down, and have to change, if email suddenly went away?" Or suddenly went proprietary.

• jacquesm 11y ago
  > Or suddenly went proprietary. It might even happen.
  • w1ntermute 11y ago
    It almost did happen. Embrace, extend, extinguish.
    • chei0aiV 11y ago
      It pretty much did happen: https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-because-it-has-all-of-yours https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-be... https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/sep/15/email/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/sep/15/email/