> I like email too, but it's difficult to reach young people this way. I gifted my 13yo niece a year of Spotify recently and, to create her account, they requi

> I like email too, but it's difficult to reach young people this way. I gifted my 13yo niece a year of Spotify recently and, to create her account, they required an email address. She looks at me half-confused. "I can just use my usual, right?" "Sure," I say, a bit confused by the question and watching to see what that means. Turns out in her peer group they all use 10 minute expiring emails from various free net services. Gmail is something they just hold onto for notifications from school and older relatives.