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Does Gmail want to be instant messaging? New UI experiment says “yes” (arstechnica.com)
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[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean email is on life support?

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean that it's no longer actively being improved as a competitor to other forms of communication. Chat has taken over the world in both personal and business settings.

It's not going to die because it's the de facto default when nothing else is available, but it's also not going to rise up and compete with modern chat solutions which are already ten times as feature rich and continuing to evolve.