Email will never (in any reasonable time-frame) die, but the use cases are narrowing. A large percentage of people in their teens and early twenties use email

Email will never (in any reasonable time-frame) die, but the use cases are narrowing. A large percentage of people in their teens and early twenties use email for personal reasons rarely, if at all, preferring other tools like SMS, Facebook messenger, and other social networks. Of course they will still have an email address, and most will check it occasionally for emails from their parents or tuition reminders or whatever. To contact friends though, they'll use other means. This seems odd to many people in their 30s and 40s, given email's ubiquitous, straightforward, and open nature; but, if all your friends are in your facebook contacts and everything is happening on facebook, that will be the most convenient place to send messages. Or for close friends, you'll just text them. What's the point of sending an email that won't get read for hours or days? And what's the point of checking your email regularly if all you get there is spam and bill notices and stuff? I'm 34 and email is my preferred method of communication. I certainly lament that some people eschew it for closed, proprietary alternatives, but I can understand their reasons for doing so.