Pastor of Muppets on Nostr: People act like Gmail came in and afterwards there were no more email providers. Did ...

People act like Gmail came in and afterwards there were no more email providers. Did a lot of people use it? Yes. Did it somehow kill off all off the small email providers? No. Some of them? Sure. All? No.

Why did I switch from Gmail to Proton? Because I stopped trusting Gmail. And felt that I could trust Proton more. Can I still email someone that uses Gmail? Yes. Do I have to support Gmail? No.

The purpose of an open protocol is choice. Otherwise why bother making it open?