Today in Email Hegemony.
Here are the 2025 top ten domains from orders placed on the @dnalounge store. Remember this the next time someone uses email as an example of a federation success story.
73.0% gmail.com
8.5% yahoo.com
7.1% icloud.com
2.6% hotmail.com
0.7% outlook.com
0.6% aol.com
0.5% comcast.net
0.5% me.com
0.4% sbcglobal.net
0.3% live.com
5.8% everything else
@jwz @dnalounge Not everything is driven by repression and power. Sometimes it's simply the better service. Even if that sounds like manufacturer rhetoric.
@individual8 Yes, yes, gmail became the hegemon in our frictionless meritocracy because it was the best of all possible products. This underdog lifted itself up by its bootstraps and won in the Marketplace of Ideas. Surely no other influences were at play. You are very smart.
@jwz Nobody gets forced to use Gmail. It got primarily popular by its outstanding spam protection.
Please explain exactly what you are accusing Gmail of. Otherwise it's difficult to discuss.
@individual8
Not the OP, but I do wonder if filtering spam is easier for them, being the primary spam generator.
@individual8 phishing e-mail seem to be from other domains, but not spam.
@tetrislife Any prove for that? I doubt that the main source of spam stems from Gmail. I'd rather suspect distributed systems.