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That's not centralization. Specific providers might be more popular than others, but the user always has a choice of which to use. It's a myth that it's not pos
by imiric 1y ago
That's not centralization. Specific providers might be more popular than others, but the user always has a choice of which to use. It's a myth that it's not possible to run your own mail server. Many people do so without issues.
DNS is hierarchical, so of course every provider will ultimately peer with the same root servers. And TLDs definitely aren't centralized. They're managed by different companies, and users can use any number of registrars.
- pabs3 1y agohttps://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-because-it-has-all-of-yours https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-be...
- imiric 1y agoIt seems that many people here misunderstand what centralization is. The fact that Google is the largest email provider doesn't mean they have a monopoly on email. That's ridiculous. Yes, they can take advantage of their position to influence the market and strengthen their position, which would be illegal. They're arguably doing that with Chrome, as Microsoft did decades ago with IE, but that's a legal matter. The difference with email is that it's possible to use it without depending on Google at all. It is a public service not controlled by any single entity precisely because decentralization is built into the protocols. Again, the popularity of individual providers makes no difference.