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> by which I mean SMTP, not some webmail provider Cheap cop-out. "some webmail provider" is what runs 99.999% of email. The people who run their own email, or
by scrollaway 9y ago
> by which I mean SMTP, not some webmail provider
Cheap cop-out. "some webmail provider" is what runs 99.999% of email. The people who run their own email, or run off hobby email servers, are insignificant.
You can't turn a blind eye to where the majority of users are going to be if you're implementing anything that actually needs traction in order to be successful.
- kabacha 9y agoNo, there will always be a provider to webmail because there's demand for it. "Some webmail provider" is irrelevant, nobody is tlaking about people who run their own server here. Federated social networks are like email: each instance is like the "webmail provider" you can pick and chose and some of them even come with their own clients and bells and whisltes. Protocol doesn't need a business plan.
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- scrollaway 9y agoEach instance needs a business plan (or a way for the user to benefit directly). Those that don't have one either disappear or never grow past a few dozen users which is not enough on its own to push the protocol's adoption. How is this so hard to understand?