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> See, email belongs to a special class. Nobody really likes it, but it’s the way nobody really likes sidewalks, or electrical outlets, or forks. It not that th
by cwyers 9y ago
> See, email belongs to a special class. Nobody really likes it, but it’s the way nobody really likes sidewalks, or electrical outlets, or forks. It not that there’s something wrong with them. It’s that they’re mature, useful items that do exactly what they need to do. They’ve transcended the world of likes and dislikes.
Except forks are fine and e-mails are a dumpster fire.
- Qwertious 9y ago> e-mails are a dumpster fire. That's not surprising, but what exactly is broken about emails? And of those problems, which can't be fixed without breaking backwards-compatibility? I've heard there are problems with verifiability, for example. Permitting backward-compatibility in security seems like you'd end up with the old-SSL problem.