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If we haven't gotten rid of asking users for postal addresses when there is no chance they will ever be used, we are absolutely never getting rid of email. It's decentralised, there's a paper trail that doesn't disappear when a host goes down or gets compromised, and it's still a competent method of asynchronous communication. Plus, the whole world is never going to agree on the same new thing anyway.



yeah I'm not certain you're wrong

but I think your point about postal addresses is important

part of the reason we still require snail mail for legal process is dumb legacy stuff, but the other part is that email isn't a good replacement




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