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brianclements·

"I wonder how much the economy would break down, and have to change, if email suddenly went away?"

Or suddenly went proprietary.

> Or suddenly went proprietary.

It might even happen.

It almost did happen. Embrace, extend, extinguish.

It pretty much did happen:

https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-be... https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2015/sep/15/email/

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