[the_solenoid]

Because email is essentially one of the oldest internet applications and also essentially has never changed.

That means, as has been stated in this thread a bunch of times, that sending spam is essentially "free", especially since they like to use exploited email accounts to do the sending if possible.

I am all for a re-envisioning of email from the ground up, tbh.

[josho]

It's taken us something like 30 years to start seeing wide IPv6 adoption. Even then most a running dual stacks to still support IPv4. How long do you think it would take to have a secure email protocol running by most users?

It could probably happen quickly if a few big players came together and made the push. Unfortunately the only innovation in email these days is occurring in ways that help user lock-in. E.g. IMAP is stagnant, Gmail added 'dynamic emails' that only work in their ecosystem.

[netizen-936824]

I'm all for reimagining the email system, but considering how wide spread email is right now I think the replacement might need to be at least partially compatible to allow interoperation during transition

[Finnucane]

The tech industry’s ‘reenvisioning’ of a free/cheap older, but universal, standard is usually to replace it with something expensive, proprietary, and limited in scope.

[netizen-936824]

My hope is that it would be an open and free standard instead of some of the usual bullshit vendor lock in

[teddyh]

When has that ever happened?

[netizen-936824]

That's an extremely broad question. Are you asking specifically about email replacements, communication standards, or just proprietary software in general?

[teddyh]

When has ever a “tech industry’s ‘reenvisioning’ of a free/cheap older, but universal, standard” resulted in “an open and free standard” and not “the usual bullshit vendor lock in”?

[hiptobecubic]

Basically anything? When was the last time something like email happened? And it wasn't a giant tech company that created that either.

Maybe something like Webrtc?

[filchermcurr]

Can you elaborate on what you would like to see from a reimagined e-mail?