I use e-mail just as much today as I did 10-15 years ago. Some communication takes place in real-time messaging services, but e-mail is still useful for long-form communication, and less timely messages. IMing can't replace e-mail for me for all purposes.
My experience has been similar. IM is nice for quick questions when the other user is at their desk, but for anything important it has to be done over email/paper.
The Google post mentions a report in which they claim that 270 billion emails are sent per day by 3.1B users, and usage is still increasing.
Slack, with 6M daily users, is not even close.
I'm not limited by characters. Sending an image doesn't cost a fortune. It's much easier to attach files like zips, and to extract them on the other end.
What's the advantage of SMS? It just seems like a poorly stripped down email service, with more control from carriers.
I am finding that I use it less and less each year. How much are you using it compared to previous years?
- My friend communication is done almost strictly through messaging services
- work communication is done through Slack and Jira (yuck)
I feel like email for me has become this awkward auth-proxy.
It’s how I magic link in, “confirm” who I am, reset my password, or get spammed by marketers.