"alternative to email" doesn't seem too difficult to parse. Beyond that, if you'...

lucideer on March 24, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: If you were to ditch Gmail, what would be ...

"alternative to email" doesn't seem too difficult to parse.

Beyond that, if you're looking for a "why", the OP could have elaborated on that alright. Another user, @davewasthere, has explained this well below though.

bhargav on March 24, 2018 [–]

Could've been phrased as, "if you were to ditch email" no? OPs question is confusing.