4 ms·

> Protocols should also evolve... This is why something like Delta Chat is a good thing. Almost everyone has email, so evolving email to include chat is a goo

• toast0 6y ago
  > Almost everyone has email This is certainly not the case. A lot of people whose first and only internet enabled device is a smartphone don't end up creating an email.
  • twobitshifter 6y ago
    Isn’t an email necessary for a smartphone? I know apple requires one and will create it for you if you don’t have it. On Android, do you need a google account with email?
    • toast0 6y ago
      You don't need to login to Google to use an Android. Only if you want to use Google Play. Either way, you don't need to personally login with your own account. Often, whoever is setting up the phone (tech aware relative or phone store sales rep) for them will login with their account. For android phones, sometimes the people setting it up will just install customer selected apks from a usb drive; whatever version they happen to have, and when (if) those versions expire, come back to the store to update.
  • comeonseriously 6y ago
    > This is certainly not the case. A lot of people whose first and only internet enabled device is a smartphone don't end up creating an email Would like to see the stats on this.