• 1984@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    No its never going to disappear. If you are referring to people using slack and chat apps, those are locked in walled gardens where your messages cant ever leave.

    Email can be moved anywhere easily.

    • chaosCruiser 🚫@futurology.today
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      1 day ago

      On top of that, people still use email to sign up for these gardens. Technically, you could use your phone number too. I wonder how far could you take this idea of living completely without email.

      Job applications, and several other sign ins still depend on email, so that’s going to be a bit of a hitch.

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        Yeah and then we can really go hard destroying the lives of people without phone access.

        I work for a healthcare company that serves the under privileged and right now in most cities it’s easier to guarantee someone has email than a consistent phone number thanks to free WiFi hotspots. You can miss a phone payment and still read your email even if you’re cut off from cellular service.