Email services in 2018. Is outlook up to date?

Question

Email

As all users, I have several mail accounts on several services. There were no particular problems with them.
Recently, for interest, I registered on one fan portal using outlook, and could not wait for the letter.
As a result, a representative of Riot Pixels replied that they did not know why they would use this service in 2018.
Hence the question:
On the one hand, they are, after all, a portal and have experience in mailing lists and mail services. On the other hand, I am not very aware of the work from the inside and the development of mail services.
1. Is outlook out of date?
2. What other legacy email services would you recommend avoiding?
3. What recommendations are worthy in addition to Google / Yandex (I hope Yandex does not become outdated)

Answer 1

As a result, a representative of Riot Pixels replied that they did not know why they would use this service in 2018.

Hmm, what is Riot Pixel?
Found: Riot Pixels (abbreviated as RP) is an independent Russian website dedicated to computer games and the PC game industry.
I don't know why anyone else is using the RP site in 2018...

Answer 2

343,413 "outlook" queries per month, ~30% growth over 2 years.
https://wordstat.yandex.ru/#!/history?words=Outlook
No, nobody needs outlook =)

Answer 3

Riot Pixels??? I don’t know why in 2018 to use this service !!!
or maybe the dude confused the Outlook.com service with Outlook and Outlook Express (which even MS has already been scored on, and support has ceased)? Well, yes, they instead made the "Mail" application in Win10.
And "Outlook" is such a corporate mailer, as part of MS Office, with calendars, integration with corporate things such as exchange servers, domains - it is quite used in real companies, and not scribbles on the Internet like Riot Pixels
.
ps: my outlook.com is the main mailer now. I even made it an application for Windows (on nwjs)

Answer 4

1. No :) Unless, of course, the game journalists there meant part of the MS Outlook office suite, and not the ancient Outlook Express application :D
2. Riot Pixels :)
C when did our gaming news portal become an expert in the field of email clients? :)