The web killed the internet. As developers we look too often for technical reasons for a limitation or failure but usually the social reasons are more signific

The web killed the internet. As developers we look too often for technical reasons for a limitation or failure but usually the social reasons are more significant. Getting a client installed on a computer was socially difficult like convincing some one to install an app on their phone. Having a browser installed on every computer and phone made it trivial to get a client on a computer the only down side is being forced to use http and websockets as the protocol. DNS and WHOIS used to be protocols in their own right but both are being replaced by http, I wouldn't be surprised if http came for smtp next.