What a silly take. Email has been around for ages and it will continue to be around in perpetuity. It's still the medium of choice for certain types of interactions where a documented paper trail is important and you eg; need escalation, further review, etc. It's still also the choice for many companies and individuals.
> What a silly take
Can you please omit swipes like that from your HN comments? This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
Your post would be just fine without that bit!