You can look at it this way: They're doing something that people want and which cannot be achieved through other means. What alternatives do you suggest? (Pers

You can look at it this way: They're doing something that people want and which cannot be achieved through other means. What alternatives do you suggest? (Personally, I use GMANE+NNTP for mailing lists, and NNTP is probably better than plain (public!) mailing lists for most purposes, but unfortunately that ship has sailed.)