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This attitude is harmful. Although new and better protocols is a worthy area of research and development, we should also improve the tools people are already using.

Note I said research: I do not consider the current crop of secure messaging protocols to be viable alternatives to e-mail, as they all suffer from extreme centralization. Allowing unicorns to own and monopolize global infrastructure may appeal to silicon valley insiders, but it's not something the rest of us should be promoting.