I HATE email

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I believe emails should not be used. There are or should be better alternatives. Account creation should be handled by passkeys.
Email is legacy. Insecure and content is just a webpage...
- how will they send ads?
  
  Pigeons
  
  I feel like seagulls are the perfect method for ad delivery
  
  Sold.
  
  By beaming them straight into your brain chip, silly!
  
  I don't want to fall for ads. I use price comparison webpages and can there monitor for specific items and priceranges.
  Alternative you can often view their ad campaign on their website and in PDF format.
  There are special smartphone apps that just collect ADs. Basically the provider put their PDF there. Just subscribe there to what you want.
  Some people even prefer the paper version.
- What is your alternative idea that isn't just improved email?
  
  My block chain powered messaging solution. Sign up with your email! Now with AI!
  
  Carrier pigeons. At least you get a bird to pet when receiving spam.
  
  In my country we have something called BankID. BankID, it's Sweden's leading electronic identification system, widely used for banking, e-government services, and secure logins. So I use it to login to the bank, check my taxes, hospital status, bookings etc. Basically the message itself is already on their website and never leaves them.
  Subscriptions? We have RSS.
  Buying something? Login to the website and see your order.
  Delivery of something you bought and want to see when the packet arrives? You have an smartphone app for that. Like login to company app and view. You even get push notifications.
  And for those people who actually get a message from a person instead of a company. You have chat, like Microsoft Teams, Slack, Discord etc. You even can have voice and video conference with the other person. Chat is instant messaging and is not slow compared to email.
  Account registration? Make use of OpenID. Or even better passkeys.
  Bonus: In my country we have Kivra - government post. Any company can get it and send the normal letter in a digital format - basically the none printed version of the letter so a PDF.
  
  You really want emails replaced by a thousand applications OR emails controlled by the government?
  
  Emails controlled by the government? No, never. Emails are a decentralized protocol and there is no point what so ever to have the government controlling it. Look, emails are not safe, not encrypted. See all emails as public knowledge. If I go to their website and login to view sensitive information about me, then it is safer. Apps are optional.
  If you are talking about Kivra then there are private companies alternatives as well. You as a user pick and choose. Personally I dont use it as I get like one letter per year and would forget to login to it. There are better alternatives for normal letters as well.

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