As a side note, SMTP is my favorite cautionary tale of how decentralized protocols can become centralized over time
I'm glad to see Mastodon will be adopting the world's most popular decentralized social networking protocol: SMTP https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/mastodon-looks-to-newsletters-to-help-revive-the-open-social-web/
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