There is some irony here in how terrible and clunky the Gmail web UI has gotten, yet how standardized and seamless email has remained. Hacker news has had a re

There is some irony here in how terrible and clunky the Gmail web UI has gotten, yet how standardized and seamless email has remained. Hacker news has had a recurring discussion about disrupting email. Of course some startup would love to vacuum up all email in to their own walled ecosystem, wrap it in ads, and charge companies to reach their own customers. Please, no.