With cheaper AI classification models coming out every day now, the spam problem is on the cusp of basically being solved in every communication channel.
The only question is how many years the lazy network-effects monopolies (like Google, Microsoft, Verizon, etc) will hold this back from happening.
The optimist in me says this will unlock pathways to true decentralization of push communication protocols (like SMTP) instead of only have decentralization of pull-oriented protocols (like HTTP).
On the contrary, with cheaper AI generation the spam problem becomes harder by the day.
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"Two years from now, spam will be solved."
- Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum, in 2004
A bunch of my accounts were hacked a while book and since then my outlook email is getting flooded with spam.
I have to give MS credit their spam filter is pretty good.
I'll never pay for email so your options are either outlook or Gmail and I don't trust Google.