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I think it's fair to say that email has had a big impact on the modern world. I wonder how much the economy would break down, and have to change, if email sudd

I think it's fair to say that email has had a big impact on the modern world. I wonder how much the economy would break down, and have to change, if email suddenly went away? And even if someone doesn't use it that much for personal communication, it's part of the underlying net infrastructure (think account-creation verification emails, password reset emails, bank statements, etc).

brianclements 11y ago
"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/