Re:AMP for email is a terrible idea
by antaviana on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @01:32AM
(#16373929)
Personal communications are gone from email. They now happen in Whatsapp. Gradually some one-on-one business communications are also moving to Whatsapp. If Whatsapp ever figures out business communications at large, email is practically dead. Excluding viagra spam, this means that nearly 99% of legit communications that are today received in personal email accounts are automated emails (transactional or bulk email). No wonder why Google wants to reinvent email into some kind of personal engaging spot before it completely dies for personal use.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:AMP for email is a terrible idea
by thomasruns on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @01:49AM
(#16373996)
Living in the US I literally know 0 people who use or have ever used Whatsapp. That's not a judgement on their app, just a reality that in this country it's not something people use.
Re:AMP for email is a terrible idea
by martinald on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @03:46AM
(#16374452)
US is definitely the exception. I've visited South/Central America, Europe and at home in the UK and WhatsApp penetration is extremely high.
Not only US, barely anyone uses whatsapp in russia, for example.
Whatsapp usage varies wildly depending on region. A fragmented walled garden ecosystem populated by other apps like Messenger, Line, Kakao Talk, WeChat, etc will not kill email.