@aral @cancel I don't think e-mail is example of embrace...

@aral @cancel I don't think e-mail is example of embrace extend extinguish. I think it has two other problems:

1) people mostly did not self-hosted in past (you got your e-mail adress from employer, university, internet provider or big web portal)

2) SPAM

Also e-mail is ancient protocol and tooling is also ancient.

Like 20 Jan 2023 at 9:04 | Wall-to-wall | Open on tiny.tilde.website

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Rui Malheiro

@severak did you read the linked article? It covers your second point throughly.

As for the first point, there was a time almost all email was "self hosted". Every business that had a server had a mail server (unless they were a Microsoft only shop). Then Hotmail and then Google started the change.
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20 Jan 2023 at 9:26 | Open on kolektiva.social

Max Riethmuller (TechLife)

@chromatic @severak @aral @cancel even Microsoft shops. I had many customers for many years who ran local SBS on site mail servers. But using your own onsite MS infrastructure is no guarantee now of reliable delivery.

20 Jan 2023 at 12:32 | Open on indieweb.social

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