I thought this was an interesting read. To me, it's kind of sad to see the direction that email has gone. And that direction is right into the hands of Google/G

I thought this was an interesting read. To me, it's kind of sad to see the direction that email has gone. And that direction is right into the hands of Google/Gmail. They have managed to take such a huge marketshare of email users that it's frightening to me. The smaller providers and even home/self hosting mail servers are getting shoved out of the way, and often spam prevention is the excuse. People end up just giving up and going with Google. I had hoped things would be different.