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Email is still holding up, but realistically if Google, Microsoft and perhaps 2-3 other email hosts decided to collude and disallow any other email origins (let
by jojobas 4y ago
Email is still holding up, but realistically if Google, Microsoft and perhaps 2-3 other email hosts decided to collude and disallow any other email origins (let's say they would allow outgoing to them still) the majority of people's reaction to those complaining would be "just get yourself a gmail account".
- jrnichols 4y ago> the majority of people's reaction to those complaining would be "just get yourself a gmail account". That is the reaction now when issues with self-hosting email are brought up.
- midoridensha 4y ago>ealistically if Google, Microsoft and perhaps 2-3 other email hosts decided to collude and disallow any other email origins the majority of people's reaction to those complaining would be "just get yourself a gmail account". That's exactly what these big email providers should do: just make a short list of allowed email hosts, including some governments and academic institutions and large corporations, and ban everything else. What are people going to do about it? Start running their own mail hosts? Hahaha. It would solve the spam problem quickly. A better solution would be some kind of Email 3.0 system that's designed for better security and trustworthiness, but we've already proven it's nearly impossible to get people to adopt a new open standard, so we need to stick with a locked-down corporate solution run by an oligopoly.
- int_19h 4y ago> What are people going to do about it? Bring the anti-trust sledgehammer on them?
- midoridensha 4y ago>Bring the anti-trust sledgehammer on them? Hahaha, that's funny! I really hope you aren't serious, because otherwise I would question your grasp of reality.
- jojobas 4y agoWell the EU would definitely not take this lightly.
- midoridensha 4y agoI haven't seen any instances of the EU really enforcing anti-trust law effectively. They're levied some large fines and made some money that way, but it hasn't changed anything.
- aflukasz 4y agoWell, EU just introduced Digital Markets Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act). Sure looks like the pressure on fair and cooperative digital ecosystem is growing. Among others, it's concerned with interoperability of services.
- int_19h 4y agoIt worked before in this country, so it can be made to work again, even within the constraints of this political system.
- midoridensha 4y agoI'll believe it when I see it.
- jojobas 4y ago> That's exactly what these big email providers should do Why bother with half-measures? They should just make a short list of people to allow and get everyone else killed.
- midoridensha 4y agoWhy bother killing anyone? We're only talking about email here. The tech oligopoly can do whatever they want here, and no one can do anything about it. Well, they could, technically, but they're not going to: we've seen over and over that users will always choose the most convenient choice, not the one in their best long-term interests. We've also seen that governments will do little to nothing to counteract this oligopoly when it abuses its power or becomes monopolistic.